relação

noun

The verdict

“relação” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #381. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#381
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - relacionamento

Corpus desk

Index PT-relacao · relação · Portuguese

relação · rank #381 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #381
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH passar

Nearest frequency peer: passar (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “relação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “relação” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

relação vs relato
71% similar
relação vs remoção
71% similar
relação vs relaxar
57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for relação
PropertyValue
Headwordrelação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#381
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “relação”

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

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “passar” (#380), “Tal” (#382), “medo” (#379). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “relação” fica em #381. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around relação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #381 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for relação, with forms such as "erlação", "realção", and "relaãço". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "relato", "remoção", "relaxar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is relação, spelled R-E-L-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    relacionamento
  2. 2
    interação pessoal
  3. 3
    conjunto de pares ordenados
  4. 4
    ato de referir; narração; descriçao; notícia

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Eu tinha uma relação muito boa e uma admiração muito grande pelo Brizola

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • erlação
  • realção
  • relaãço
  • relaçoã
  • rellação
  • relçaão
  • rleação
  • rrelação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of relação - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

erlação2realção2relaãço2relaçoã2rellação1relçaão2rleação2rrelação1
Edit distance from "relação"

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 "relação"?
"relação" is spelled R-E-L-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "relação" mean?
As a noun, "relação" means: relacionamento
What words are commonly confused with "relação"?
"relação" is commonly confused with "relato", "remoção", "relaxar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "relação" come from?
"relação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list