tesão
/tɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“tesão” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #7,225. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,225
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - rijeza
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 | tesão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tesão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around tesão (IPA /tɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,225 among 1,850 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for tesão, with forms such as "etsão", "tesoã", and "tessão". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tese", "teta", "tosa", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is tesão, spelled T-E-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1rijeza
- 2tesura
- 3força; impetuosidade; perseverança
- 4ereção do pênis
- 5vontade de praticar o ato sexual
- 6vontade de fazer algo
- 7exemplar que tem muita beleza, que é fisicamente muitíssimo atraente de modo tal que desperta grande interesse carnal libidinoso
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etsão
- tesoã
- tessão
- teãso
- tseão
- ttesão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tesão - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “tesão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-E-S-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɨ.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tese” - see the side-by-side comparison. tesão vs tese
- 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.