meditação

/mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“meditação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #12,287. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,287
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de meditar, cogitar, pensar, reflexionar

Corpus desk

Index PT-meditacao · meditação · Portuguese

meditação · rank #12,287 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,287
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH menu

Nearest frequency peer: menu (+1 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 “meditação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “meditação” 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).

meditação vs medição
78% similar
meditação vs mediação
89% similar
meditação vs medicação
89% similar

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

Key facts for meditação
PropertyValue
Headwordmeditação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,287
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “meditação”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “menu” (#12,288), “mirim” (#12,289), “London” (#12,282). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “meditação” fica em #12,287. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around meditação (IPA /mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,287 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for meditação, with forms such as "emditação", "mdeitação", and "medditação". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "medição", "mediação", "medicação", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is meditação, spelled M-E-D-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de meditar, cogitar, pensar, reflexionar
  2. 2
    exercício, prática espiritual, mental e postural

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emditação
  • mdeitação
  • medditação
  • mediatção
  • meditaãço
  • meditaçoã
  • medittação
  • meditçaão
  • medtiação
  • meidtação
  • mmeditação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meditação - 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.

emditação2mdeitação2medditação1mediatção2meditaãço2meditaçoã2medittação1meditçaão2
Edit distance from "meditação"

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 "meditação"?
"meditação" is spelled M-E-D-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "meditação" mean?
As a noun, "meditação" means: ato ou efeito de meditar, cogitar, pensar, reflexionar
What words are commonly confused with "meditação"?
"meditação" is commonly confused with "medição", "mediação", "medicação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meditação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meditação" is /mɨ.di.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meditação" come from?
"meditação" 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meditação", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

intestino#12,266transação#12,355artifício#12,375asiáticos#12,376

Similar misspelling depth

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

liberty11 variantsjeitinho11 variantsprofecia11 variantsestreito11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list