gravitação

/ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“gravitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,990 among 521 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,990
frequency rank, Portuguese
521
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de gravitar

Corpus desk

Index PT-gravitacao · gravitação · Portuguese

gravitação · rank #60,990 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,990
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 521
  • PHOTO-FINISH gosma

Nearest frequency peer: gosma (-4 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 “gravitação”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for gravitação
PropertyValue
Headwordgravitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#60,990
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “gravitação” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).gravitaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “gosma” (#60,986), “gusto” (#60,998), “heroicamente” (#61,003). Entre 521 lemas com “G”, “gravitação” fica em #60,990. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

gravitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,990 among 521 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for gravitação in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gravitação, spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de gravitar
  2. 2
    de acordo com a Lei de Newton, força com que dois corpos se atraem proporcional ao produto de suas massas e inversalmente proporcional ao quadrado da distância que os separa

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 "gravitação"?
"gravitação" is spelled G-R-A-V-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "gravitação" mean?
As a noun, "gravitação" means: ação de gravitar
How do you pronounce "gravitação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gravitação" is /ɡɾɐ.vi.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gravitação" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list