situação

//si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#543

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

situação is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ação ou efeito de estar situado Pronounced /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #543 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with situado and simulação.

Key facts for situação
PropertyValue
Headwordsituação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters8
Frequency rank#543
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for situação is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #543 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 8 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for situação, with forms such as "istuação", "sitaução", and "sittuação". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "situado", "simulação", "saturação", 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 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 situação, spelled S-I-T-U-A-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação ou efeito de estar situado
  2. 2
    lugar; localidade
  3. 3
    condição; caso
  4. 4
    o estado dos negócios; combinação de circunstâncias
  5. 5
    estado de negócios de significação especial numa peça de teatro, obra narrativa, etc
  6. 6
    estado social ou econômico
  7. 7
    estado sociopolítico de um grupo ou partido que governa um país
  8. 8
    grupo que ocupa posições dirigentes e governa e aqueles a este alinhado

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: istuação,sitaução,sittuação,situaãço,situaçoã,situçaão,siutação,ssituação,stiuação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for situação

Misspelling Variants of "situação"

istuação8sitaução8sittuação9situaãço8situaçoã8situçaão8siutação8ssituação9
Misspelling Variants of "situação"

Frequency rank: #543 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "situação"?
"situação" is spelled S-I-T-U-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "situação" mean?
As a noun, "situação" means: ação ou efeito de estar situado
What words are commonly confused with "situação"?
"situação" is commonly confused with "situado", "simulação", "saturação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "situação"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "situação" is /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "situação" come from?
"situação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.