insinuação

/ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“insinuação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,683 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,683
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-insinuacao · insinuação · Portuguese

insinuação · rank #51,683 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,683
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indiciar

Nearest frequency peer: indiciar (-2 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “insinuação”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “insinuação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

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

Cauda longa: rank de “insinuação” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).insinuaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “indiciar” (#51,681), “inconsciência” (#51,680), “intitular” (#51,686). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “insinuação” fica em #51,683. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insinuação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,683 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ĩ.si.nwɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A confusão jurídica e a perplexidade aumentam diante da insinuação de que as revogações das MPs podem não ser definitivas.

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.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hipotensão#51,658reflection#51,838compilador#51,512cadastrado#51,489

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list