gradação

/ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“gradação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #73,997 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,997
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aumento ou diminuição gradual

Corpus desk

Index PT-gradacao · gradação · Portuguese

gradação · rank #73,997 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,997
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gou

Nearest frequency peer: gou (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “gradação”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “gradação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gradação
PropertyValue
Headwordgradação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#73,997
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gradação” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).gradaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gou” (#73,996), “grafo” (#73,999), “grammar” (#74,000). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gradação” fica em #73,997. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gradação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #73,997 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

gradação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gradação, spelled G-R-A-D-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    aumento ou diminuição gradual
  2. 2
    passagem ou transição gradual
  3. 3
    progressão de ideias ascendente ou descendente
  4. 4
    mudança gradual de cor ou tonalidade
  5. 5
    figura de linguagem que consiste em uma sequência de ideias em ordem crescente ou decrescente (por exemplo, em É ruim, é péssimo, é horrível, é catastrófico!)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gradação"?
"gradação" is spelled G-R-A-D-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "gradação" mean?
As a noun, "gradação" means: aumento ou diminuição gradual
How do you pronounce "gradação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gradação" is /ɡɾɐ.dɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "gradação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list