ligação
/li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“ligação” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,435 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,435
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de ligar
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ligação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,435 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ligação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for ligação is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,435 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for ligação, with forms such as "ilgação", "lgiação", and "liagção". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "ligado", "lotação", "locação", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is ligação, spelled L-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de ligar
- 2conexão
- 3hiperligação
- 4elo
- 5ato ou seu resultante de proceder para o estabelecimento de comunicação por meio telefónico
- 6conversa telefônica
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ilgação,lgiação,liagção,ligaãço,ligaçoã,liggação,ligçaão,lligação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ligação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “ligação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is L-I-G-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /li.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ligado” - see the side-by-side comparison. ligação vs ligado
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.