torção

//toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#30,754

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

torção is aPortuguesenoun. It means: torção ato de torcer; estado do que foi torcido; torcedura Pronounced /toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ/. Often confused with toro and torno.

Key facts for torção
PropertyValue
Headwordtorção
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#30,754
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for torção is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #30,754 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for torção, with forms such as "otrção", "torrção", and "torãço". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "toro", "torno", "turco", and more, 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 torção, spelled T-O-R-Ç-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    torção ato de torcer; estado do que foi torcido; torcedura
  2. 2
    cólica dos equídeos; qualquer dor cólica
  3. 3
    troço
  4. 4
    cepo

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: otrção,torrção,torãço,torçoã,toçrão,troção,ttorção

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for torção

Misspelling Variants of "torção"

otrção6torrção7torãço6torçoã6toçrão6troção6ttorção7
Misspelling Variants of "torção"

Frequency rank: #30,754 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "torção"?
"torção" is spelled T-O-R-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ/.
What does "torção" mean?
As a noun, "torção" means: torção ato de torcer; estado do que foi torcido; torcedura
What words are commonly confused with "torção"?
"torção" is commonly confused with "toro", "torno", "turco". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "torção"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "torção" is /toɾ.'soŋ/ ou /toɾ.'θoŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "torção" come from?
"torção" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.