telecomunicação

noun

The verdict

“telecomunicação” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,489. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,489
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,850
“T” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - comunicação a distância

Key facts for telecomunicação
PropertyValue
Headwordtelecomunicação
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters15
Frequency rank#34,489
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “telecomunicação” 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). telecomunicação 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 20 spelling variants around telecomunicação, anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,489 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "comunicação a distância".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for telecomunicação, with forms such as "etlecomunicação", "teelcomunicação", and "telceomunicação". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is telecomunicação, spelled T-E-L-E-C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    comunicação a distância

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etlecomunicação
  • teelcomunicação
  • telceomunicação
  • teleccomunicação
  • telecmounicação
  • telecommunicação
  • telecomnuicação
  • telecomuincação
  • telecomunciação
  • telecomuniacção
  • telecomunicaãço
  • telecomunicaçoã
  • telecomuniccação
  • telecomunicçaão
  • telecomunnicação
  • telecoumnicação
  • teleocmunicação
  • tellecomunicação
  • tleecomunicação
  • ttelecomunicação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

etlecomunicação2teelcomunicação2telceomunicação2teleccomunicação1telecmounicação2telecommunicação1telecomnuicação2telecomuincação2
Edit distance from "telecomunicação"

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 "telecomunicação"?
"telecomunicação" is spelled T-E-L-E-C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O.
What does "telecomunicação" mean?
As a noun, "telecomunicação" means: comunicação a distância
What are common misspellings of "telecomunicação"?
Common misspellings include "etlecomunicação", "teelcomunicação", "telceomunicação", "teleccomunicação", "telecmounicação". The correct spelling is "telecomunicação".
What language does "telecomunicação" come from?
"telecomunicação" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “telecomunicação”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-L-E-C-O-M-U-N-I-C-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list