mensuração

noun

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The verdict

“mensuração” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #61,091 among 1,087 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,091
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,087
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-mensuracao · mensuração · Portuguese

mensuração · rank #61,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,091
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,087
  • PHOTO-FINISH Metzger

Nearest frequency peer: Metzger (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “mensuração”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “mensuração” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mensuração
PropertyValue
Headwordmensuração
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “mensuração” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).mensuraçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “Metzger” (#61,093), “micose” (#61,095), “matraca” (#61,081). Entre 1,087 lemas com “M”, “mensuração” fica em #61,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mensuração is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #61,091 among 1,087 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ato de mensurar, medir".

No generated misspelling entries exist for mensuração in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

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 mensuração, spelled M-E-N-S-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de mensurar, medir

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A mesma possibilidade de mensuração vem sendo amplamente utilizada em Saúde Pública, particularmente em vigilância epidemiológica.

Synonyms

medição

This word in other languages

measurement(English)

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 "mensuração"?
"mensuração" is spelled M-E-N-S-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "mensuração" mean?
As a noun, "mensuração" means: ato de mensurar, medir
What language does "mensuração" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

persuasivo#61,155inorgânico#61,025pulverizar#61,179gravitação#60,990

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list