retaliação

/Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“retaliação” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #15,912. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,912
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-retaliacao · retaliação · Portuguese

retaliação · rank #15,912 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #15,912
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH retardado

Nearest frequency peer: retardado (+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 “retaliação”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “retaliação” 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).

retaliação vs realização
80% similar

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

Key facts for retaliação
PropertyValue
Headwordretaliação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters10
Frequency rank#15,912
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “retaliação”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “retardado” (#15,913), “requerimento” (#15,910), “retrocesso” (#15,914). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “retaliação” fica em #15,912. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around retaliação (IPA /Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,912 among 963 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de retaliar, vingança".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for retaliação, with forms such as "ertaliação", "reatliação", and "retailação". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "realização", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 retaliação, spelled R-E-T-A-L-I-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de retaliar, vingança

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Um dos generais desertores, Mustafa Sheikh, disse que Assad estaria transferindo e redistribuindo seus estoques de armas químicas para uma possível retaliação contra o atentado que matou dois de seus generais.

This word in other languages

retaliation(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertaliação
  • reatliação
  • retailação
  • retalaição
  • retaliaãço
  • retaliaçoã
  • retaliçaão
  • retalliação
  • retlaiação
  • rettaliação
  • rretaliação
  • rtealiação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ertaliação2reatliação2retailação2retalaição2retaliaãço2retaliaçoã2retaliçaão2retalliação1
Edit distance from "retaliação"

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 "retaliação"?
"retaliação" is spelled R-E-T-A-L-I-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "retaliação" mean?
As a noun, "retaliação" means: ato ou efeito de retaliar, vingança
What words are commonly confused with "retaliação"?
"retaliação" is commonly confused with "realização". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retaliação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retaliação" is /Rɨ.tɐ.ljɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retaliação" come from?
"retaliação" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

retrocesso#15,914recomendar#15,904serenidade#15,925astronomia#15,991

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

travesti12 variantsordinária12 variantsmelhoras12 variantsisraelita12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list