notação
/no.ta.ˈsãw/
The verdict
“notação” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,737. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,737
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - método de representar mensagens por meio de símbolos
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | notação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /no.ta.ˈsãw/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “notação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around notação (IPA /no.ta.ˈsãw/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,737 among 881 “N” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for notação, with forms such as "nnotação", "noatção", and "notaãço". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "notário", "nação", "natação", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is notação, spelled N-O-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1método de representar mensagens por meio de símbolos
- 2musicalmente, método de representar mensagens por meio de símbolos
- 3ato ou efeito de notar; nota
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- nnotação
- noatção
- notaãço
- notaçoã
- nottação
- notçaão
- ntoação
- ontação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of notação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Using “notação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-O-T-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /no.ta.ˈsãw/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “notário” - see the side-by-side comparison. notação vs notário
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.