involução

noun

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The verdict

“involução” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,852 among 1,526 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,852
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,526
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - movimento regressivo, processo de regredir

Key facts for involução
PropertyValue
Headwordinvolução
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,852
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “involução” 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). involução lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

involução is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,852 among 1,526 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

involução doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is involução, spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    movimento regressivo, processo de regredir
  2. 2
    movimento para dentro, para o interior
  3. 3
    condição, estado de um órgão que se encontra voltado para dentro
  4. 4
    movimento transformacional idêntico a seu inverso
  5. 5
    retorno que o órgão dilatado faz para suas dimensões normais anteriores

Synonyms

declínioretrocesso

This word in other languages

regression(English)

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 "involução"?
"involução" is spelled I-N-V-O-L-U-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "involução" mean?
As a noun, "involução" means: movimento regressivo, processo de regredir
What language does "involução" come from?
"involução" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “involução”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-V-O-L-U-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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