pronúncia
/pɾo.ˈnũw.sja/
The verdict
“pronúncia” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #16,592. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,592
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de pronunciar
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 | pronúncia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾo.ˈnũw.sja/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,592 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pronúncia” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around pronúncia (IPA /pɾo.ˈnũw.sja/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,592 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for pronúncia, with forms such as "pornúncia", "ppronúncia", and "prnoúncia". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "província", "pronunciar", 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, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is pronúncia, spelled P-R-O-N-Ú-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de pronunciar
- 2forma de produzir os sons de uma língua
- 3decisão judicial que submete o acusado a julgamento pelo tribunal do júri, sem adentrar ao mérito
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pornúncia
- ppronúncia
- prnoúncia
- pronnúcia
- pronnúncia
- pronúcnia
- pronúncai
- pronúnccia
- pronúnica
- pronúnncia
- proúnncia
- prronúncia
- rponúncia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pronúncia - 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 “pronúncia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-N-Ú-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾo.ˈnũw.sja/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “província” - see the side-by-side comparison. pronúncia vs província
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.