subsídio

//sub'sidʒjʊ// noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,723

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

subsídio is aPortuguesenoun. It means: concessão de dinheiro feita pelo governo às empresas para lhes aumentar a renda ou abaixar os preços ou para estimular as exportações do país; podem também ser concedidas diretamente ao consumidor;... Pronounced /sub'sidʒjʊ/. Often confused with suicídio.

Key facts for subsídio
PropertyValue
Headwordsubsídio
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/sub'sidʒjʊ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,723
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for subsídio is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /sub'sidʒjʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,723 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "concessão de dinheiro feita pelo governo às empresas para lhes aumentar a renda ou abaixar os preços ou para estimular as exportações do país; podem também ser concedidas diretamente ao consumidor;...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for subsídio, with forms such as "sbusídio", "ssubsídio", and "subbsídio". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "suicídio", 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 subsídio, spelled S-U-B-S-Í-D-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    concessão de dinheiro feita pelo governo às empresas para lhes aumentar a renda ou abaixar os preços ou para estimular as exportações do país; podem também ser concedidas diretamente ao consumidor; em termos orçamentários, caracteriza uma subvenção econômica

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sbusídio,ssubsídio,subbsídio,subsdíio,subssídio,subsíddio,subsídoi,subsíido,subísdio,susbídio,usbsídio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for subsídio

Misspelling Variants of "subsídio"

sbusídio8ssubsídio9subbsídio9subsdíio8subssídio9subsíddio9subsídoi8subsíido8
Misspelling Variants of "subsídio"

Frequency rank: #14,723 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "subsídio"?
"subsídio" is spelled S-U-B-S-Í-D-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is /sub'sidʒjʊ/.
What does "subsídio" mean?
As a noun, "subsídio" means: concessão de dinheiro feita pelo governo às empresas para lhes aumentar a renda ou abaixar os preços ou para estimular as exportações do país; podem também ser concedidas diretamente ao consumidor;...
What words are commonly confused with "subsídio"?
"subsídio" is commonly confused with "suicídio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "subsídio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "subsídio" is /sub'sidʒjʊ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "subsídio" 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.