oscilação
The verdict
“oscilação” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,597 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,597
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o ato de oscilar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oscilação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #27,597 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “oscilação” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for oscilação is 9 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #27,597 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for oscilação, with forms such as "ocsilação", "osccilação", and "oscialção". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 oscilação, spelled O-S-C-I-L-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1o ato de oscilar
- 2cada um dos vaivéns de um movimento oscilatório
- 3flutuação entre crenças, opiniões, condições
- 4efeito exprimível como uma quantidade que repetidamente e regularmente flutua acima e abaixo de algum valor médio, como por exemplo a pressão de uma onda sonora
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ocsilação,osccilação,oscialção,oscilaãço,oscilaçoã,oscillação,oscilçaão,oscliação,osiclação,osscilação,socilação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of oscilação - 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 “oscilação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-S-C-I-L-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
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.