lição

//li.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,419

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

lição is aPortuguesenoun. It means: tarefa que o professor passa ao aluno para solidificar o aprendizado Pronounced /li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #3,419 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with lixo and lida.

Key facts for lição
PropertyValue
Headwordlição
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters5
Frequency rank#3,419
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of lição in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for lição is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,419 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for lição, with forms such as "ilção", "liãço", and "liçoã". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "lixo", "lida", "liso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is lição, spelled L-I-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    tarefa que o professor passa ao aluno para solidificar o aprendizado
  2. 2
    ensinamento dado pelo professor ao aluno
  3. 3
    algo que serve de orientação para o correto modo de proceder
  4. 4
    repreensão, castigo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ilção,liãço,liçoã,llição,lçião

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for lição

Misspelling Variants of "lição"

ilção5liãço5liçoã5llição6lçião5
Misspelling Variants of "lição"

Frequency rank: #3,419 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lição"?
"lição" is spelled L-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "lição" mean?
As a noun, "lição" means: tarefa que o professor passa ao aluno para solidificar o aprendizado
What words are commonly confused with "lição"?
"lição" is commonly confused with "lixo", "lida", "liso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "lição"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lição" is /li.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lição" come from?
"lição" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter L in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.