segurança

//sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#330

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

segurança is aPortuguesenoun. It means: condição ou estado de estar seguro ou protegido Pronounced /sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/. It ranks #330 in Portuguese word frequency.

Key facts for segurança
PropertyValue
Headwordsegurança
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#330
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for segurança is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #330 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for segurança, with forms such as "esgurança", "seggurança", and "segruança". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 segurança, spelled S-E-G-U-R-A-N-Ç-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    condição ou estado de estar seguro ou protegido
  2. 2
    capacidade de manter seguro
  3. 3
    proteção contra a fuga ou escape
  4. 4
    profissional ou serviço responsável pela guarda e proteção de algo
  5. 5
    confiança em si mesmo

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: esgurança,seggurança,segruança,seguarnça,seguranaç,segurannça,seguraçna,segurnaça,segurrança,seugrança,sgeurança,ssegurança

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for segurança

Misspelling Variants of "segurança"

esgurança9seggurança10segruança9seguarnça9seguranaç9segurannça10seguraçna9segurnaça9
Misspelling Variants of "segurança"

Frequency rank: #330 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "segurança"?
"segurança" is spelled S-E-G-U-R-A-N-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/.
What does "segurança" mean?
As a noun, "segurança" means: condição ou estado de estar seguro ou protegido
What are common misspellings of "segurança"?
Common misspellings include "esgurança", "seggurança", "segruança", "seguarnça", "seguranaç". The correct spelling is "segurança".
How do you pronounce "segurança"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "segurança" is /sɨ.ɡu.ˈɾɐ̃.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "segurança" come from?
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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.