herança
/e.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
The verdict
“herança” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,563 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,563
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - patrimônio passado por alguém que faleceu para ser distribuído entre seus sucessores legais
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herança |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /e.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,563 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “herança” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for herança is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /e.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,563 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for herança, with forms such as "ehrança", "hearnça", and "heranaç". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "hérnia", "heroica", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is herança, spelled H-E-R-A-N-Ç-A.
Definition
- 1patrimônio passado por alguém que faleceu para ser distribuído entre seus sucessores legais
- 2aquilo que se herda
- 3dom transmitido de uma geração para as seguintes
- 4características biológicas passadas de um indivíduo para seus descendentes
- 5princípio da programação orientada a objetos que permite que subclasses recebam os mesmos atributos e operações que a classe-pai
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ehrança,hearnça,heranaç,herannça,heraçna,hernaça,herrança,hherança,hreança
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of herança - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Using “herança”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-E-R-A-N-Ç-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /e.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hérnia” - see the side-by-side comparison. herança vs hérnia
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.