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 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,022
frequency rank, Portuguese
881
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato de nivelar; nivelação

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)

Where “nivelamento” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). nivelamento lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

nivelamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,022 among 881 “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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Using “nivelamento”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-I-V-E-L-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ni.vɨ.lɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list