mediação

//me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,939

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

mediação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de agir como mediador, resolvendo uma contenda Pronounced /me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/. Often confused with médico and medição.

Key facts for mediação
PropertyValue
Headwordmediação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/
Letters8
Frequency rank#12,939
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for mediação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,939 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for mediação, with forms such as "emdiação", "mdeiação", and "medaição". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "médico", "medição", "mediana", 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 mediação, spelled M-E-D-I-A-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
    ato ou efeito de agir como mediador, resolvendo uma contenda
  2. 2
    ato de intervir em uma disputa, visando eliminar ou diminuir diferenças de opiniões entre as partes envolvidas

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emdiação,mdeiação,medaição,meddiação,mediaãço,mediaçoã,mediçaão,meidação,mmediação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mediação

Misspelling Variants of "mediação"

emdiação8mdeiação8medaição8meddiação9mediaãço8mediaçoã8mediçaão8meidação8
Misspelling Variants of "mediação"

Frequency rank: #12,939 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mediação"?
"mediação" is spelled M-E-D-I-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/.
What does "mediação" mean?
As a noun, "mediação" means: ato ou efeito de agir como mediador, resolvendo uma contenda
What words are commonly confused with "mediação"?
"mediação" is commonly confused with "médico", "medição", "mediana". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mediação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mediação" is /me.ʤɪ.ɐ.ˈsãw/, /me.ʤɐ.ˈsãw/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mediação" come from?
"mediação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.