hierarquia
/jɛ.ɾɐɾ.ˈki.ɐ/
The verdict
“hierarquia” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #8,634 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,634
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ordem baseada na divisão em níveis de poder ou importância, de forma que um nível inferior é sempre subordinado a um nível superior
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 | hierarquia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /jɛ.ɾɐɾ.ˈki.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hierarquia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for hierarquia is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /jɛ.ɾɐɾ.ˈki.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,634 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ordem baseada na divisão em níveis de poder ou importância, de forma que um nível inferior é sempre subordinado a um nível superior".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for hierarquia, with forms such as "heirarquia", "hhierarquia", and "hiearrquia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "hierárquico", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is hierarquia, spelled H-I-E-R-A-R-Q-U-I-A.
Definition
- 1ordem baseada na divisão em níveis de poder ou importância, de forma que um nível inferior é sempre subordinado a um nível superior
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: heirarquia,hhierarquia,hiearrquia,hieraqruia,hierarqiua,hierarqquia,hierarquai,hierarrquia,hieraruqia,hierraquia,hierrarquia,hirearquia,iherarquia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of hierarquia - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “hierarquia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-I-E-R-A-R-Q-U-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /jɛ.ɾɐɾ.ˈki.ɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “hierárquico” - see the side-by-side comparison. hierarquia vs hierárquico
- 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.