menção

noun

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The verdict

“menção” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #6,557. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,557
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-mencao · menção · Portuguese

menção · rank #6,557 · 7 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,557
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH humilde

Nearest frequency peer: humilde (-7 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 “menção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “menção” 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).

menção vs moção
67% similar
menção vs menta
50% similar
menção vs menino
67% similar

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

Key facts for menção
PropertyValue
Headwordmenção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,557
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “menção”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mençãocai 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 “humilde” (#6,550), “ofensiva” (#6,564), “guarani” (#6,549). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “menção” fica em #6,557. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around menção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,557 among 1,087 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato de mencionar".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for menção, with forms such as "emnção", "mennção", and "menãço". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "moção", "menta", "menino", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is menção, spelled M-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de mencionar

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «O artigo científico faz menção a estudos anteriores que exploraram a mesma hipótese.»

This word in other languages

mention(English)mención(Español)mention(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emnção
  • mennção
  • menãço
  • mençoã
  • meçnão
  • mmenção
  • mneção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emnção2mennção1menãço2mençoã2meçnão2mmenção1mneção2
Edit distance from "menção"

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 "menção"?
"menção" is spelled M-E-N-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "menção" mean?
As a noun, "menção" means: ato de mencionar
What words are commonly confused with "menção"?
"menção" is commonly confused with "moção", "menta", "menino". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "menção" come from?
"menção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

quadra#6,575receio#6,578editar#6,534colher#6,516

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

palma7 variantsfolga7 variantscerco7 variantspacto7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list