superação

noun

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The verdict

“superação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,354. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,354
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ação de superar, de ultrapassar uma situação desagradável, perigosa

Corpus desk

Index PT-superacao · superação · Portuguese

superação · rank #11,354 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #11,354
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH sutil

Nearest frequency peer: sutil (+2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “superação”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

superação vs separação
78% similar

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

Key facts for superação
PropertyValue
Headwordsuperação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,354
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “superação”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).superaçãocai aqui:

#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 “sutil” (#11,356), “sérvio” (#11,357), “sobrenatural” (#11,350). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “superação” fica em #11,354. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around superação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,354 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for superação, with forms such as "spueração", "ssuperação", and "suepração". 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, "separação", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is superação, spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ação de superar, de ultrapassar uma situação desagradável, perigosa
  2. 2
    ação de vencer, de conseguir a vitória; sobrepujamento

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how superação appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Depois da doença, minha vida tem sido um exercício de superação.
  2. A conquista do campeonato foi uma prova de superação dos jogadores.

Synonyms

afastamentoremoçãosobrepujamentotriunfovitória

Antonyms

derrotainsucessoperda

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • spueração
  • ssuperação
  • suepração
  • supearção
  • superaãço
  • superaçoã
  • superração
  • superçaão
  • supperação
  • supreação
  • usperação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

spueração2ssuperação1suepração2supearção2superaãço2superaçoã2superração1superçaão2
Edit distance from "superação"

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 "superação"?
"superação" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "superação" mean?
As a noun, "superação" means: ação de superar, de ultrapassar uma situação desagradável, perigosa
What words are commonly confused with "superação"?
"superação" is commonly confused with "separação". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "superação" come from?
"superação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

trimestre#11,368algoritmo#11,383ancestral#11,386periódico#11,322

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

arrecadar11 variantsmosteiro11 variantscamisola11 variantsimposição11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list