quitação

/ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

The verdict

“quitação” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,745 among 129 “Q” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,745
frequency rank, Portuguese
129
“Q” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de quitar

Corpus desk

Index PT-quitacao · quitação · Portuguese

quitação · rank #65,745 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,745
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 129
  • PHOTO-FINISH quadratura

Nearest frequency peer: quadratura (-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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “quitação”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “quitação” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for quitação
PropertyValue
Headwordquitação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#65,745
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “quitação” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).quitaçãocai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “quadratura” (#65,744), “psychology” (#65,742), “reconversão” (#65,756). Entre 129 lemas com “Q”, “quitação” fica em #65,745. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

quitação is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,745 among 129 “Q” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

quitação doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 quitação, spelled Q-U-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de quitar
  2. 2
    ato pelo qual alguém salda uma dívida ou dela se desobriga
  3. 3
    recibo ou declaração entregue ao devedor, em que se reconhece que saldou a dívida

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how quitação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Tenho sua quitação, por isso nada mais lhe devo.

Synonyms

liberaçãorecibo

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 "quitação"?
"quitação" is spelled Q-U-I-T-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "quitação" mean?
As a noun, "quitação" means: ato ou efeito de quitar
How do you pronounce "quitação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "quitação" is /ki.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "quitação" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list