secreção

/sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“secreção” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,820. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,820
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o líquido ou a substância segregada pelo organismo

Corpus desk

Index PT-secrecao · secreção · Portuguese

secreção · rank #23,820 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,820
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH seara

Nearest frequency peer: seara (-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 “secreção”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “secreção” 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).

secreção vs seleção
75% similar
secreção vs secreta
63% similar
secreção vs secreto
75% similar

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

Key facts for secreção
PropertyValue
Headwordsecreção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,820
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “secreção”

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

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “seara” (#23,819), “severos” (#23,821), “sac” (#23,816). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “secreção” fica em #23,820. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around secreção (IPA /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,820 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "o líquido ou a substância segregada pelo organismo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for secreção, with forms such as "escreção", "scereção", and "seccreção". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "seleção", "secreta", "secreto", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is secreção, spelled S-E-C-R-E-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    o líquido ou a substância segregada pelo organismo

This word in other languages

secretion(English)secreción(Español)sécrétion(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • escreção
  • scereção
  • seccreção
  • secerção
  • secreãço
  • secreçoã
  • secrreção
  • secrçeão
  • serceção
  • ssecreção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of secreção - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

escreção2scereção2seccreção1secerção2secreãço2secreçoã2secrreção1secrçeão2
Edit distance from "secreção"

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 "secreção"?
"secreção" is spelled S-E-C-R-E-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "secreção" mean?
As a noun, "secreção" means: o líquido ou a substância segregada pelo organismo
What words are commonly confused with "secreção"?
"secreção" is commonly confused with "seleção", "secreta", "secreto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "secreção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "secreção" is /sɨ.kɾɨ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "secreção" come from?
"secreção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sondagem#23,826rescisão#23,805religion#23,803progress#23,781

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

severos10 variantssífilis10 variantstrivial10 variantsAdelaide10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list