necessidade

Name: necessidade, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ/

//nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“necessidade” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,098
frequency rank, Portuguese: 360
“N” headwords: 14
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-necessidade · necessidade · Portuguese

necessidade · rank #1,098 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #1,098
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 14 variants
BOOK-MID 360
PHOTO-FINISH oito

Nearest frequency peer: oito (+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.

lhes

98,906
morto

98,905
necessidade

98,903
oito

98,902
quinta

98,900
século

98,899

What this shows “necessidade” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

necessidade vs necessitado

82% similar

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

Key facts for necessidade
Property	Value
Headword	necessidade
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ/
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#1,098
Misspellings tracked	14
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “necessidade”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.necessidadecai aqui:

#1,098

#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 “oito” (#1,099), “morto” (#1,096), “lhes” (#1,095). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “necessidade” fica em #1,098. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around necessidade (IPA /nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,098 among 360 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for necessidade, with forms such as "encessidade", "nceessidade", and "neccessidade". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "necessitado", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is necessidade, spelled N-E-C-E-S-S-I-D-A-D-E.

Definition

1
condição de necessário
2
qualquer coisa que seja vital, de primeira importância
3
carência
4
privação dos bens necessários; indigência; míngua; pobreza
5
produto de desassimilação ou digestão que estavam retidos em um orgão ou parte de um aparelho em referência a urina ou fezes

This word in other languages

necessity(English)necesidad(Español)besoin(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

encessidade
nceessidade
neccessidade
necesidade
necesisdade
necessdiade
necessiadde
necessidadde
necessidaed
necessiddade
necessiddae
necsesidade
neecssidade
nnecessidade

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "necessidade"

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 "necessidade"?

"necessidade" is spelled N-E-C-E-S-S-I-D-A-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ/.

What does "necessidade" mean?

As a noun, "necessidade" means: condição de necessário

What words are commonly confused with "necessidade"?

"necessidade" is commonly confused with "necessitado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "necessidade"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "necessidade" is /nɨ.sɨ.si.ˈda.dɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "necessidade" come from?

"necessidade" 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 "necessidade", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

importância#1,078 crescimento#1,161 aniversário#1,003 considerado#1,274

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

suficiente14 variants exatamente14 variants capacidade14 variants conversar14 variants