sociedade
/su.sjɐ.ˈda.dɨ/
The verdict
“sociedade” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #472 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #472
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - conjunto dos indivíduos que vivem sob as mesmas normas e das relações entre eles
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sociedade |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /su.sjɐ.ˈda.dɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #472 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sociedade” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sociedade is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /su.sjɐ.ˈda.dɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #472 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 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 sociedade, with forms such as "osciedade", "scoiedade", and "socciedade". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "sociedad", "seriedade", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is sociedade, spelled S-O-C-I-E-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1conjunto dos indivíduos que vivem sob as mesmas normas e das relações entre eles
- 2força externa ao indivíduo, que determina grande parte do seu comportamento; meio ao qual uma pessoa está agregada
- 3relação entre sócios
- 4modelo de gerência em que existem vários donos, que dividem as responsabilidades e os lucros de um negócio
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: osciedade,scoiedade,socciedade,soceidade,socideade,socieadde,sociedadde,sociedaed,socieddade,socieddae,soicedade,ssociedade
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sociedade - 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 “sociedade”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-O-C-I-E-D-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /su.sjɐ.ˈda.dɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “sociedad” - see the side-by-side comparison. sociedade vs sociedad
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.