sequência

Name: sequência, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/

//sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“sequência” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,290. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,290
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,185
“S” headwords: 12
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de seguir

Corpus desk

Index PT-sequencia · sequência · Portuguese

sequência · rank #2,290 · 12 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #2,290
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 12 variants
BOOK-MID 1,185
PHOTO-FINISH significado

Nearest frequency peer: significado (+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.

pereira

97,716
sequência

97,711
significado

97,710
sobretudo

97,709
terreno

97,708
terão

97,707

What this shows “sequência” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

sequência vs sequencial

80% similar

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

Key facts for sequência
Property	Value
Headword	sequência
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#2,290
Misspellings tracked	12
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sequência”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sequênciacai aqui:

#2,290

#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 “significado” (#2,291), “sobretudo” (#2,292), “terreno” (#2,293). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sequência” fica em #2,290. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around sequência (IPA /sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,290 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for sequência, with forms such as "esquência", "seqquência", and "sequnêcia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "sequencial", 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is sequência, spelled S-E-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

1
ação de seguir
2
seguimento
3
continuação
4
sucessão
5
série
6
função de uma variável inteira (Nota: em Portugal, usa-se o termo sucessão)
7
conjunto de tomadas (takes) que formam um todo
8
arranjo sequencial de monômeros
9
arranjo sequencial de comandos de programação
10
hino cantado a seguir ao Gradual e à Aleluia
11
repetição de um grupo de notas em diferentes posições da escala
12
coordenação lexical ou oracional

Synonyms

seqüência

This word in other languages

sequence(English)secuencia(Español)séquence(Français)Folge(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

esquência
seqquência
sequnêcia
sequêcnia
sequêncai
sequênccia
sequênica
sequênncia
seqêuncia
seuqência
sqeuência
ssequência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sequência - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "sequência"

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 "sequência"?

"sequência" is spelled S-E-Q-U-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/.

What does "sequência" mean?

As a noun, "sequência" means: ação de seguir

What words are commonly confused with "sequência"?

"sequência" is commonly confused with "sequencial". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "sequência"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sequência" is /sɨ.ˈkwẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "sequência" come from?

"sequência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

sobretudo#2,292 agradecer#2,299 constante#2,312 resolução#2,254

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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