procuração
/pɾɔ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“procuração” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #27,983 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #27,983
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - poder e incumbência que alguém dá a outrem, para tratar de negócios ou fazer algo em seu nome
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 | procuração |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾɔ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #27,983 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “procuração” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for procuração is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɔ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #27,983 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for procuração, with forms such as "porcuração", "pprocuração", and "prcouração". 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, "procurado", "procriação", "preocupação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is procuração, spelled P-R-O-C-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1poder e incumbência que alguém dá a outrem, para tratar de negócios ou fazer algo em seu nome
- 2documento legal em que se confere esse poder
- 3mandato, poderes
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porcuração,pprocuração,prcouração,proccuração,procruação,procuarção,procuraãço,procuraçoã,procurração,procurçaão,proucração,prrocuração,rpocuração
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of procuração - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “procuração”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-C-U-R-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɔ.ku.ɾɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “procurado” - see the side-by-side comparison. procuração vs procurado
- 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.