limitação

/li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/

//li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw// noun

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The verdict

“limitação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #13,547. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,547
frequency rank, Portuguese
581
“L” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-limitacao · limitação · Portuguese

limitação · rank #13,547 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,547
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 581
  • PHOTO-FINISH literal

Nearest frequency peer: literal (+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 “limitação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “limitação” 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).

limitação vs limitado
78% similar
limitação vs licitação
89% similar
limitação vs levitação
78% similar

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

Key facts for limitação
PropertyValue
Headwordlimitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,547
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “limitação”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).limitaçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “literal” (#13,549), “Júpiter” (#13,541), “junção” (#13,540). Entre 581 lemas com “L”, “limitação” fica em #13,547. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around limitação (IPA /li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,547 among 581 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for limitação, with forms such as "ilmitação", "liimtação", and "limiatção". 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, "limitado", "licitação", "levitação", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is limitação, spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de limitar
  2. 2
    limite natural, assumido ou imposto

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Uma fronteira é uma limitação à liberdade de circulação.
  2. Todos nós temos limitações.

Synonyms

incapacidaderestrição

This word in other languages

limitation(English)limitación(Español)limitation(Français)Begrenzung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ilmitação
  • liimtação
  • limiatção
  • limitaãço
  • limitaçoã
  • limittação
  • limitçaão
  • limmitação
  • limtiação
  • llimitação
  • lmiitação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of limitação - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ilmitação2liimtação2limiatção2limitaãço2limitaçoã2limittação1limitçaão2limmitação1
Edit distance from "limitação"

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 "limitação"?
"limitação" is spelled L-I-M-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/.
What does "limitação" mean?
As a noun, "limitação" means: ato ou efeito de limitar
What words are commonly confused with "limitação"?
"limitação" is commonly confused with "limitado", "licitação", "levitação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "limitação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limitação" is /li.mi.tɐ.ˈsãw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limitação" come from?
"limitação" 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 "limitação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

otimismo11 variantsespírita11 variantsdinâmico11 variantscomitiva11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list