seção
The verdict
“seção” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,496. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,496
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo
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 | seção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “seção” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around seção, anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,496 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for seção, with forms such as "esção", "seãço", and "seçoã". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "seja", "será", "sexo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is seção, spelled S-E-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1subdivisão de um capítulo, obra, tratado ou estudo
- 2subdivisão de um setor, departamento
- 3superfície divisória; região superficial que antes estava unida e era interna
- 4cada uma das subdivisões que correspondem a determinado serviço ou produto de um órgão público ou privado
- 5representação gráfica de ou divisão em região interna de alguma peça; corte
- 6subdivisão de um gênero ou subgênero
- 7local reservado para determinado assunto numa publicação
- 8resultado da intersecção de um plano com uma figura bidimensional ou tridimensional
- 9efeito de cortar (um órgão ou qualquer outra estrutura) numa cirurgia
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esção,seãço,seçoã,sseção,sçeão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of seção - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “seção”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “seja” - see the side-by-side comparison. seção vs seja
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.