transição

//tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,170

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

transição is aPortuguesenoun. It means: passagem de um estado para outro; mudança Pronounced /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. It ranks #3,170 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with trânsito and transitar.

Key facts for transição
PropertyValue
Headwordtransição
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,170
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for transição is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,170 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "passagem de um estado para outro; mudança".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for transição, with forms such as "rtansição", "tarnsição", and "tranisção". 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.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "trânsito", "transitar", "traição", 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 transição, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-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
    passagem de um estado para outro; mudança

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtansição,tarnsição,tranisção,trannsição,transiãço,transiçoã,transsição,transçião,trasnição,trnasição,trransição,ttransição

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for transição

Misspelling Variants of "transição"

rtansição9tarnsição9tranisção9trannsição10transiãço9transiçoã9transsição10transçião9
Misspelling Variants of "transição"

Frequency rank: #3,170 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "transição"?
"transição" is spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.
What does "transição" mean?
As a noun, "transição" means: passagem de um estado para outro; mudança
What words are commonly confused with "transição"?
"transição" is commonly confused with "trânsito", "transitar", "traição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "transição"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "transição" is /tɾɐ̃.zi.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "transição" come from?
"transição" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.