progressão
The verdict
“progressão” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #14,446 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #14,446
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: ação de avançar ou de progredir
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | progressão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾu.ɡɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,446 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “progressão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for progressão is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾu.ɡɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,446 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 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 progressão, with forms such as "porgressão", "pprogressão", and "prgoressão". 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, "progressivo", "progress", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is progressão, spelled P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ação de avançar ou de progredir
- 2sucessão de termos algébricos entre os quais existe uma lei de formação constante
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: porgressão,pprogressão,prgoressão,progerssão,proggressão,progressoã,progresão,progresãso,progrressão,progrsesão,prorgessão,prrogressão,rpogressão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of progressão — measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Edit distance from "progressão"
Frequency rank: #14,446 in Portuguese
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Using “progressão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-G-R-E-S-S-Ã-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾu.ɡɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “progressivo” — see the side-by-side comparison. progressão vs progressivo
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index: