postagem

noun

The verdict

“postagem” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #5,452. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,452
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de postar

Corpus desk

Index PT-postagem · postagem · Portuguese

postagem · rank #5,452 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,452
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH portão

Nearest frequency peer: portão (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “postagem”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “postagem” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

postagem vs pesagem
75% similar
postagem vs passagem
75% similar
postagem vs pastagem
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for postagem
PropertyValue
Headwordpostagem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,452
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “postagem”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.postagemcai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “portão” (#5,450), “ocorrência” (#5,446), “molho” (#5,444). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “postagem” fica em #5,452. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around postagem, anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,452 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for postagem, with forms such as "opstagem", "posatgem", and "posstagem". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pesagem", "passagem", "pastagem", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is postagem, spelled P-O-S-T-A-G-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de postar
  2. 2
    aquilo que foi postado nos correios (cartas, encomendas etc.)
  3. 3
    publicações feitas nas redes sociais

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how postagem appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Suas postagens têm milhões de visualizações.

Synonyms

post

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opstagem
  • posatgem
  • posstagem
  • postaegm
  • postagemm
  • postaggem
  • postagme
  • postgaem
  • posttagem
  • potsagem
  • ppostagem
  • psotagem

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of postagem - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opstagem2posatgem2posstagem1postaegm2postagemm1postaggem1postagme2postgaem2
Edit distance from "postagem"

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 "postagem"?
"postagem" is spelled P-O-S-T-A-G-E-M.
What does "postagem" mean?
As a noun, "postagem" means: ato ou efeito de postar
What words are commonly confused with "postagem"?
"postagem" is commonly confused with "pesagem", "passagem", "pastagem". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "postagem" come from?
"postagem" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list