insignificância
/ĩ.si.ɡni.fi.ˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/
The verdict
“insignificância” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #44,916 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,916
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 15
- letters
- 22
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - coisa sem importância, sem significância
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insignificância |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.si.ɡni.fi.ˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #44,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 22 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insignificância” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for insignificância is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.si.ɡni.fi.ˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,916 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "coisa sem importância, sem significância".
Our generated misspelling index lists 22 likely wrong-spelling variants for insignificância, with forms such as "inisgnificância", "innsignificância", and "insginificância". 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. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is insignificância, spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-Â-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1coisa sem importância, sem significância
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inisgnificância,innsignificância,insginificância,insiggnificância,insiginficância,insignfiicância,insignifciância,insignifficância,insignificcância,insignificnâcia,insignificâcnia,insignificâncai,insignificânccia,insignificânica,insignificânncia,insignifiâcncia,insigniifcância,insignnificância,insingificância,inssignificância,isnignificância,nisignificância
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insignificância - 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 “insignificância”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-S-I-G-N-I-F-I-C-Â-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.si.ɡni.fi.ˈkɐ̃.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.