nacional

//nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#213

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

nacional is anPortugueseadj. It means: relativo a nação e/ou que a representa Pronounced /nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/. It ranks #213 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with national.

Key facts for nacional
PropertyValue
Headwordnacional
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#213
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for nacional is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #213 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for nacional, with forms such as "ancional", "naccional", and "nacinoal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "national", 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 nacional, spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    relativo a nação e/ou que a representa
  2. 2
    que nasceu naquela nação ou país
  3. 3
    produzido naquele país
  4. 4
    relativo à União (governo nacional)

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ancional,naccional,nacinoal,nacioanl,nacionall,nacionla,nacionnal,nacoinal,naiconal,ncaional,nnacional

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for nacional

Misspelling Variants of "nacional"

ancional8naccional9nacinoal8nacioanl8nacionall9nacionla8nacionnal9nacoinal8
Misspelling Variants of "nacional"

Frequency rank: #213 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "nacional"?
"nacional" is spelled N-A-C-I-O-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is /nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/.
What does "nacional" mean?
As an adj, "nacional" means: relativo a nação e/ou que a representa
What words are commonly confused with "nacional"?
"nacional" is commonly confused with "national". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nacional"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nacional" is /nɐ.sju.ˈnaɫ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nacional" come from?
"nacional" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.