pretensão

/pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“pretensão” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,846. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,846
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o ato de pretender ou alegar

Corpus desk

Index PT-pretensao · pretensão · Portuguese

pretensão · rank #16,846 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,846
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH prestado

Nearest frequency peer: prestado (-1 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 “pretensão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pretensão” 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).

pretensão vs prevenção
78% similar
pretensão vs propensão
78% similar

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

Key facts for pretensão
PropertyValue
Headwordpretensão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,846
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pretensão”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “prestado” (#16,845), “platina” (#16,839), “radialista” (#16,855). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pretensão” fica em #16,846. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around pretensão (IPA /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,846 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pretensão, with forms such as "pertensão", "ppretensão", and "preetnsão". 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. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prevenção", "propensão", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 pretensão, spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    o ato de pretender ou alegar
  2. 2
    pretexto, alegação
  3. 3
    o fato de ser pretensioso

This word in other languages

pretension(English)pretensión(Español)prétention(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pertensão
  • ppretensão
  • preetnsão
  • pretennsão
  • pretensoã
  • pretenssão
  • pretenãso
  • pretesnão
  • pretnesão
  • prettensão
  • prretensão
  • prteensão
  • rpetensão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pretensão - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

pertensão2ppretensão1preetnsão2pretennsão1pretensoã2pretenssão1pretenãso2pretesnão2
Edit distance from "pretensão"

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 "pretensão"?
"pretensão" is spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "pretensão" mean?
As a noun, "pretensão" means: o ato de pretender ou alegar
What words are commonly confused with "pretensão"?
"pretensão" is commonly confused with "prevenção", "propensão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pretensão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pretensão" is /pɾɨ.tẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pretensão" come from?
"pretensão" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

veredicto#16,901estudioso#16,757emergente#16,744domicílio#16,737

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

congelado13 variantsexpressivo13 variantsfalsidade13 variantsintensivo13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list