insinuação

/ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“insinuação” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #51,683 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#51,683
frequency rank, Portuguese
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de insinuar

Key facts for insinuação
PropertyValue
Headwordinsinuação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#51,683
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “insinuação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). insinuação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for insinuação is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #51,683 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ato ou efeito de insinuar".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insinuação, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is insinuação, spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de insinuar

This word in other languages

allusion(English)insinuación(Español)insinuation(Français)

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 "insinuação"?
"insinuação" is spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "insinuação" mean?
As a noun, "insinuação" means: ato ou efeito de insinuar
How do you pronounce "insinuação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insinuação" is /ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insinuação" come from?
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Using “insinuação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-S-I-N-U-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list