situação

/si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“situação” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#543
frequency rank, Portuguese
2,603
“S” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação ou efeito de estar situado

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

situação vs situado
75% similar
situação vs simulação
78% similar
situação vs saturação
78% similar

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

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)

Where “situação” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). situação lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around situação (IPA /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #543 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for situação, with forms such as "istuação", "sitaução", and "sittuação". 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, "situado", "simulação", "saturação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is situação, spelled S-I-T-U-A-Ç-Ã-O.

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

oposição

This word in other languages

situation(English)situación(Español)situation(Français)Situation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • istuação
  • sitaução
  • sittuação
  • situaãço
  • situaçoã
  • situçaão
  • siutação
  • ssituação
  • stiuação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of situação - 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.

istuação2sitaução2sittuação1situaãço2situaçoã2situçaão2siutação2ssituação1
Edit distance from "situação"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “situação”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-I-T-U-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /si.twɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “situado” - see the side-by-side comparison. situação vs situado
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list