proteção
/pɾu.tɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“proteção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,176
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de proteger ou preservar
Corpus desk
Index PT-protecao · proteção · Portuguese
proteção · rank #1,176 · 10 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,176
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH segue
Nearest frequency peer: segue (+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 “proteção”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- histórico
histórico
98,831 corpus weight
- indústria
indústria
98,830 corpus weight
- pro
pro
98,828 corpus weight
- proteção
proteção
98,825 corpus weight
- segue
segue
98,823 corpus weight
- sozinho
sozinho
98,821 corpus weight
What this shows “proteção” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | proteção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾu.tɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,176 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “proteção”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around proteção (IPA /pɾu.tɛ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,176 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for proteção, with forms such as "porteção", "pproteção", and "proetção". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "protect", "protesto", "produção", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is proteção, spelled P-R-O-T-E-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de proteger ou preservar
- 2aquilo que protege contra os perigos; defesa; abrigo; refúgio
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how proteção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A FDA deu uma permissão especial para a equipe de pesquisadores administrarem a droga sem o consentimento formal dos pacientes, para que ela possa ser dada o mais rapidamente possível e ter o máximo efeito de proteção.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- porteção
- pproteção
- proetção
- proteãço
- proteçoã
- protteção
- protçeão
- prroteção
- prtoeção
- rpoteção
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of proteção - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "proteção", 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 (10 here; floor ≥5).