suspensão

/suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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The verdict

“suspensão” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,185. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,185
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de suspender(-se)

Corpus desk

Index PT-suspensao · suspensão · Portuguese

suspensão · rank #4,185 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,185
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH suave

Nearest frequency peer: suave (-1 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 “suspensão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “suspensão” 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).

suspensão vs suspenso
89% similar
suspensão vs suspense
78% similar
suspensão vs suspensa
78% similar

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

Key facts for suspensão
PropertyValue
Headwordsuspensão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#4,185
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “suspensão”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “suave” (#4,184), “Tag” (#4,186), “sintomas” (#4,183). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “suspensão” fica em #4,185. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around suspensão (IPA /suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,185 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for suspensão, with forms such as "ssupensão", "ssuspensão", and "supsensão". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "suspenso", "suspense", "suspensa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is suspensão, spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de suspender(-se)
  2. 2
    interrupção temporária
  3. 3
    gancho ou objeto próprio utilizado para suspender outros
  4. 4
    líquido em que flutuam partículas sólidas
  5. 5
    sistema que serve para amortizar a trepidação de um veículo
  6. 6
    espécie de miragem incompleta que faz parecer que os objetos estão suspensos no ar
  7. 7
    prolongamento de uma nota ou pausa
  8. 8
    sinal de indicação de um prolongamento de uma nota ou pausa
  9. 9
    sentido interrompido ou incompleto

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A suspensão hidráulica pode não suportar o peso deste veículo.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ssupensão
  • ssuspensão
  • supsensão
  • susepnsão
  • suspennsão
  • suspensoã
  • suspenssão
  • suspenãso
  • suspesnão
  • suspnesão
  • susppensão
  • susspensão
  • usspensão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of suspensão - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ssupensão2ssuspensão1supsensão2susepnsão2suspennsão1suspensoã2suspenssão1suspenãso2
Edit distance from "suspensão"

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 "suspensão"?
"suspensão" is spelled S-U-S-P-E-N-S-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "suspensão" mean?
As a noun, "suspensão" means: ato ou efeito de suspender(-se)
What words are commonly confused with "suspensão"?
"suspensão" is commonly confused with "suspenso", "suspense", "suspensa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "suspensão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "suspensão" is /suʃ.pẽ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "suspensão" come from?
"suspensão" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

existente13 variantslibertação13 variantsraramente13 variantsmaravilha13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list