sacramento
/sɐ.kɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
The verdict
“sacramento” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #11,735 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #11,735
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - no catolicismo, ritual que traz a graça divina ao crente que participa dele
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 | sacramento |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɐ.kɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacramento” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sacramento is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɐ.kɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #11,735 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "no catolicismo, ritual que traz a graça divina ao crente que participa dele".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacramento, with forms such as "ascramento", "sacarmento", and "saccramento". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "salvamento", "sangramento", 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 is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sacramento, spelled S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1no catolicismo, ritual que traz a graça divina ao crente que participa dele
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ascramento,sacarmento,saccramento,sacraemnto,sacramennto,sacramenot,sacramentto,sacrametno,sacrammento,sacramneto,sacrmaento,sacrramento,sarcamento,scaramento,ssacramento
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacramento - 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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Using “sacramento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-C-R-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɐ.kɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “salvamento” - see the side-by-side comparison. sacramento vs salvamento
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.