infecção

noun

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The verdict

“infecção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,749. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,749
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colonização de um organismo hospedeiro por uma espécie estranha

Corpus desk

Index PT-infeccao · infecção · Portuguese

infecção · rank #5,749 · 10 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,749
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH impulso

Nearest frequency peer: impulso (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “infecção”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “infecção” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

infecção vs injeção
75% similar
infecção vs intenção
75% similar
infecção vs inflação
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for infecção
PropertyValue
Headwordinfecção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,749
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “infecção”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “impulso” (#5,748), “happy” (#5,745), “guitarra” (#5,744). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “infecção” fica em #5,749. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around infecção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,749 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for infecção, with forms such as "ifnecção", "inefcção", and "infceção". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "injeção", "intenção", "inflação", and more, 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 infecção, spelled I-N-F-E-C-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    colonização de um organismo hospedeiro por uma espécie estranha
  2. 2
    instalação ou presença de vírus em arquivo, disco, sistema operacional ou dispositivo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how infecção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A morte do empresário Diego Mendes Oliveira, de 27 anos, a bordo de um cruzeiro, no sábado, foi causada por meningococcemia, infecção generalizada causada pela bactéria meningococo.

This word in other languages

infection(English)infección(Español)infection(Français)Infektion(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ifnecção
  • inefcção
  • infceção
  • infeccção
  • infecãço
  • infecçoã
  • infeçcão
  • inffecção
  • innfecção
  • nifecção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of infecção - 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.

ifnecção2inefcção2infceção2infeccção1infecãço2infecçoã2infeçcão2inffecção1
Edit distance from "infecção"

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 "infecção"?
"infecção" is spelled I-N-F-E-C-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "infecção" mean?
As a noun, "infecção" means: colonização de um organismo hospedeiro por uma espécie estranha
What words are commonly confused with "infecção"?
"infecção" is commonly confused with "injeção", "intenção", "inflação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "infecção" come from?
"infecção" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

guitarra#5,744maratona#5,760essência#5,733desconto#5,726

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

impulso10 variantsjuvenil10 variantsdedicar10 variantscálculo10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list