transfusão
/tɾɐ̃ʃ.fu.ˈzɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“transfusão” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #32,410 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #32,410
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prática médica que consiste em injetar sangue ou plasma a um paciente que tenha sofrido de grande perda dessa substância ou que esteja afetado por uma doença no seu próprio sangue ou plasma
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transfusão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fu.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #32,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “transfusão” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for transfusão is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fu.ˈzɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #32,410 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prática médica que consiste em injetar sangue ou plasma a um paciente que tenha sofrido de grande perda dessa substância ou que esteja afetado por uma doença no seu próprio sangue ou plasma".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for transfusão, with forms such as "rtansfusão", "tarnsfusão", and "tranfsusão". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is transfusão, spelled T-R-A-N-S-F-U-S-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1prática médica que consiste em injetar sangue ou plasma a um paciente que tenha sofrido de grande perda dessa substância ou que esteja afetado por uma doença no seu próprio sangue ou plasma
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: rtansfusão,tarnsfusão,tranfsusão,trannsfusão,transffusão,transfsuão,transfusoã,transfussão,transfuãso,transsfusão,transufsão,trasnfusão,trnasfusão,trransfusão,ttransfusão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of transfusão - 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 “transfusão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-R-A-N-S-F-U-S-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /tɾɐ̃ʃ.fu.ˈzɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.