obturação

noun

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The verdict

“obturação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,758 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,758
frequency rank, Portuguese
846
“O” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - preenchimento de cavidade em dente com material restaurador

Key facts for obturação
PropertyValue
Headwordobturação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#75,758
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “obturação” 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). obturação lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

obturação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,758 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

obturação has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is obturação, spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    preenchimento de cavidade em dente com material restaurador
  2. 2
    ato ou efeito de obstruir; bloqueio ou vedação de passagem

Synonyms

obstruçãofechamentovedação

Antonyms

desobstruçãoremoção

This word in other languages

filling(English)obturación(Español)obturation(Français)

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 "obturação"?
"obturação" is spelled O-B-T-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "obturação" mean?
As a noun, "obturação" means: preenchimento de cavidade em dente com material restaurador
What language does "obturação" come from?
"obturação" 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 “obturação”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-B-T-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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