navegação

/nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“navegação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,229. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,229
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou arte de navegar; náutica

Corpus desk

Index PT-navegacao · navegação · Portuguese

navegação · rank #5,229 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,229
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH negociar

Nearest frequency peer: negociar (+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 “navegação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “navegação” 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).

navegação vs negação
78% similar

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

Key facts for navegação
PropertyValue
Headwordnavegação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,229
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “navegação”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).navegaçãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “negociar” (#5,230), “may” (#5,226), “make” (#5,223). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “navegação” fica em #5,229. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around navegação (IPA /nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,229 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for navegação, with forms such as "anvegação", "naevgação", and "naveagção". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "negação", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is navegação, spelled N-A-V-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou arte de navegar; náutica
  2. 2
    movimento marítimo
  3. 3
    viagem ou transporte:
  4. 4
    viagem ou transporte:
  5. 5
    viagem ou transporte:
  6. 6
    viagem ou transporte:
  7. 7
    viagem ou transporte:
  8. 8
    viagem ou transporte:

This word in other languages

navigation(English)navegación(Español)navigation(Français)navigation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anvegação
  • naevgação
  • naveagção
  • navegaãço
  • navegaçoã
  • naveggação
  • navegçaão
  • navgeação
  • navvegação
  • nnavegação
  • nvaegação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of navegação - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

anvegação2naevgação2naveagção2navegaãço2navegaçoã2naveggação1navegçaão2navgeação2
Edit distance from "navegação"

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 "navegação"?
"navegação" is spelled N-A-V-E-G-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "navegação" mean?
As a noun, "navegação" means: ato ou arte de navegar; náutica
What words are commonly confused with "navegação"?
"navegação" is commonly confused with "negação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "navegação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "navegação" is /nɐ.vɨ.ɡɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "navegação" come from?
"navegação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

imperador#5,209imigração#5,208acadêmico#5,267eficiente#5,189

Similar misspelling depth

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

negociar11 variantsdepósito11 variantsdirigido11 variantsacessível11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list