segmentação
/sɛɡ.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“segmentação” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #31,968. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #31,968
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de segmentar; divisão por segmentos; fracionamento
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | segmentação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /sɛɡ.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #31,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “segmentação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around segmentação (IPA /sɛɡ.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #31,968 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for segmentação, with forms such as "esgmentação", "segemntação", and "seggmentação". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is segmentação, spelled S-E-G-M-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de segmentar; divisão por segmentos; fracionamento
- 2divisão do corpo em uma série de seções mais ou menos equivalentes
- 3técnica muito usada em sistemas de memória virtual, para particionar a memória principal em blocos de tamanhos variados, geralmente correspondentes a regiões lógicas, em que cada bloco é um segmento
- 4forma bastante sofisticada de rolamento que permite que os programas sejam apenas parcialmente residentes para operação
- 5divisão do mercado em grupos de indivíduos com características, necessidades e modos de atuação semelhantes, segundo seu perfil financeiro, psicológico, etc., visando definir estratégias de marketing
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: esgmentação,segemntação,seggmentação,segmenatção,segmenntação,segmentaãço,segmentaçoã,segmenttação,segmentçaão,segmetnação,segmmentação,segmnetação,semgentação,sgementação,ssegmentação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of segmentação - 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 “segmentação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-E-G-M-E-N-T-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /sɛɡ.mẽ.tɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.