ingestão

/ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/

//ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“ingestão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,095. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,095
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de ingerir; deglutição

Corpus desk

Index PT-ingestao · ingestão · Portuguese

ingestão · rank #16,095 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,095
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inaugural

Nearest frequency peer: inaugural (-3 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 “ingestão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “ingestão” 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).

ingestão vs incesto
75% similar

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

Key facts for ingestão
PropertyValue
Headwordingestão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,095
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ingestão”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “inaugural” (#16,092), “islamismo” (#16,098), “idêntico” (#16,089). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “ingestão” fica em #16,095. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around ingestão (IPA /ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,095 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de ingerir; deglutição".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for ingestão, with forms such as "ignestão", "inegstão", and "ingesstão". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incesto", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is ingestão, spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de ingerir; deglutição

Synonyms

ingerimento

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ignestão
  • inegstão
  • ingesstão
  • ingestoã
  • ingesttão
  • ingesãto
  • ingetsão
  • inggestão
  • ingsetão
  • inngestão
  • nigestão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ingestão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ignestão2inegstão2ingesstão1ingestoã2ingesttão1ingesãto2ingetsão2inggestão1
Edit distance from "ingestão"

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 "ingestão"?
"ingestão" is spelled I-N-G-E-S-T-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/.
What does "ingestão" mean?
As a noun, "ingestão" means: ato ou efeito de ingerir; deglutição
What words are commonly confused with "ingestão"?
"ingestão" is commonly confused with "incesto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ingestão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ingestão" is /ĩ.ʒɨʃ.ˈtɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ingestão" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

idêntico#16,089humilhar#16,086maionese#16,111merecido#16,115

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

guarnição11 variantsorfanato11 variantsparasita11 variantsestourar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list