inspeção

noun

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The verdict

“inspeção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,868. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,868
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-inspecao · inspeção · Portuguese

inspeção · rank #9,868 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,868
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inesperado

Nearest frequency peer: inesperado (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “inspeção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “inspeção” 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).

inspeção vs inspector
67% similar
inspeção vs injeção
75% similar
inspeção vs infeção
75% similar

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

Key facts for inspeção
PropertyValue
Headwordinspeção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,868
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “inspeção”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “inesperado” (#9,866), “instável” (#9,871), “interessar” (#9,872). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inspeção” fica em #9,868. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around inspeção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,868 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for inspeção, with forms such as "innspeção", "inpseção", and "insepção". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inspector", "injeção", "infeção", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is inspeção, spelled I-N-S-P-E-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de inspecionar, vistoriar:
  2. 2
    organismo que tem por missão inspecionar:
  3. 3
    exame médico feito aos recrutas antes da admissão nas forças armadas

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Fazia a inspeção aos automóveis.
  2. A Inspeção-Geral de Finanças controla o dinheiro do Estado.

Synonyms

inspecção

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innspeção
  • inpseção
  • insepção
  • inspeãço
  • inspeçoã
  • insppeção
  • inspçeão
  • insspeção
  • isnpeção
  • nispeção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innspeção1inpseção2insepção2inspeãço2inspeçoã2insppeção1inspçeão2insspeção1
Edit distance from "inspeção"

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 "inspeção"?
"inspeção" is spelled I-N-S-P-E-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "inspeção" mean?
As a noun, "inspeção" means: ato ou efeito de inspecionar, vistoriar:
What words are commonly confused with "inspeção"?
"inspeção" is commonly confused with "inspector", "injeção", "infeção". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "inspeção" come from?
"inspeção" 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 "inspeção", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

instável#9,871holandês#9,859lanterna#9,880Mercosul#9,891

Similar misspelling depth

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

knight10 variantsrecolha10 variantsvampiro10 variantscardeal10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list