internação

noun

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The verdict

“internação” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,018. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,018
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-internacao · internação · Portuguese

internação · rank #23,018 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,018
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH iraquianos

Nearest frequency peer: iraquianos (+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 “internação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “internação” 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).

internação vs interseção
80% similar
internação vs intenção
80% similar
internação vs interação
90% similar

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

Key facts for internação
PropertyValue
Headwordinternação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#23,018
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “internação”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.internaçãocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “iraquianos” (#23,020), “inofensivo” (#23,015), “infalível” (#23,014). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “internação” fica em #23,018. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around internação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,018 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de se internar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for internação, with forms such as "inetrnação", "innternação", and "intenração". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "interseção", "intenção", "interação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is internação, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de se internar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A Prefeitura do Rio deu início nesta terça-feira à internação compulsória de adultos viciados em crack.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inetrnação
  • innternação
  • intenração
  • interanção
  • internaãço
  • internaçoã
  • internnação
  • internçaão
  • interrnação
  • intrenação
  • intternação
  • itnernação
  • niternação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inetrnação2innternação1intenração2interanção2internaãço2internaçoã2internnação1internçaão2
Edit distance from "internação"

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 "internação"?
"internação" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "internação" mean?
As a noun, "internação" means: ato ou efeito de se internar
What words are commonly confused with "internação"?
"internação" is commonly confused with "interseção", "intenção", "interação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "internação" come from?
"internação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

iraquianos#23,020inofensivo#23,015mandamento#23,041empolgante#22,962

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

infalível13 variantsdeslocação13 variantsSpringer13 variantsantártica13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list