indignação

//ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,483

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

indignação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc Pronounced /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Often confused with indignada and indignado.

Key facts for indignação
PropertyValue
Headwordindignação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#11,483
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indignação in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for indignação is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,483 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for indignação, with forms such as "idnignação", "inddignação", and "indginação". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "indignada", "indignado", "indicação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is indignação, spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnignação,inddignação,indginação,indiganção,indiggnação,indignaãço,indignaçoã,indignnação,indignçaão,indingação,inidgnação,inndignação,nidignação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indignação

Misspelling Variants of "indignação"

idnignação10inddignação11indginação10indiganção10indiggnação11indignaãço10indignaçoã10indignnação11
Misspelling Variants of "indignação"

Frequency rank: #11,483 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indignação"?
"indignação" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "indignação" mean?
As a noun, "indignação" means: sentimento de cólera ou de desprezo excitado por uma afronta, uma acção vergonhosa, uma injustiça frisante, etc
What words are commonly confused with "indignação"?
"indignação" is commonly confused with "indignada", "indignado", "indicação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indignação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indignação" is /ĩ.di.ɡnɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indignação" come from?
"indignação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.