nivelamento

/ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/

//ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu// noun

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The verdict

“nivelamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,022 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-nivelamento · nivelamento · Portuguese

nivelamento · rank #54,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,022
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH nut

Nearest frequency peer: nut (+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 “nivelamento”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for nivelamento
PropertyValue
Headwordnivelamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Letters11
Frequency rank#54,022
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “nivelamento” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.nivelamentocai 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: “nut” (#54,024), “nefasto” (#54,019), “náufrago” (#54,025). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nivelamento” fica em #54,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nivelamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,022 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for nivelamento, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is nivelamento, spelled N-I-V-E-L-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato de nivelar; nivelação
  2. 2
    medição do nível, da diferença de altura entre dois pontos
  3. 3
    ação de traçar as curvas de nível em um plano ou mapa
  4. 4
    ato de aplainar um terreno, aplanação
  5. 5
    ato de igualar, igualação

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 "nivelamento"?
"nivelamento" is spelled N-I-V-E-L-A-M-E-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/.
What does "nivelamento" mean?
As a noun, "nivelamento" means: ato de nivelar; nivelação
How do you pronounce "nivelamento"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nivelamento" is /ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nivelamento" come from?
"nivelamento" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

ourivesaria#54,034fundamentar#53,905terceirizar#54,152aleitamento#54,205

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list