saudação

noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,455

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

saudação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de saudar Often confused with salvação and saturação.

Key facts for saudação
PropertyValue
Headwordsaudação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#15,455
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for saudação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #15,455 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for saudação, with forms such as "asudação", "saduação", and "sauadção". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "salvação", "saturação", 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 saudação, spelled S-A-U-D-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de saudar
  2. 2
    expressão ou gesto de cortesia ou de felicitação:
  3. 3
    expressão ou gesto de respeito, deferência e/ou apreço:
  4. 4
    interjeições específicas ditas aos orixás quando são incoporados

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asudação,saduação,sauadção,saudaãço,saudaçoã,sauddação,saudçaão,ssaudação,suadação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for saudação

Misspelling Variants of "saudação"

asudação8saduação8sauadção8saudaãço8saudaçoã8sauddação9saudçaão8ssaudação9
Misspelling Variants of "saudação"

Frequency rank: #15,455 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "saudação"?
"saudação" is spelled S-A-U-D-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "saudação" mean?
As a noun, "saudação" means: ato ou efeito de saudar
What words are commonly confused with "saudação"?
"saudação" is commonly confused with "salvação", "saturação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "saudação" come from?
"saudação" 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

Other entries that begin with the letter S in our Portuguese index:

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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.