religion

//ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,803

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

religion is aPortuguesenoun. It means: religião Pronounced /ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən/. Often confused with religiosa and religioso.

Key facts for religion
PropertyValue
Headwordreligion
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,803
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of religion in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for religion is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,803 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "religião".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for religion, with forms such as "erligion", "reilgion", and "relgiion". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "religiosa", "religioso", "religious", 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 religion, spelled R-E-L-I-G-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    religião

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erligion,reilgion,relgiion,religgion,religino,religionn,religoin,reliigon,relligion,rleigion,rreligion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for religion

Misspelling Variants of "religion"

erligion8reilgion8relgiion8religgion9religino8religionn9religoin8reliigon8
Misspelling Variants of "religion"

Frequency rank: #23,803 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "religion"?
"religion" is spelled R-E-L-I-G-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən/.
What does "religion" mean?
As a noun, "religion" means: religião
What words are commonly confused with "religion"?
"religion" is commonly confused with "religiosa", "religioso", "religious". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "religion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "religion" is /ɹɪ.ˈlɪdʒ.ən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "religion" come from?
"religion" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

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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.