verdão

//beɾ.'daŋ// noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,831

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

14

similar word pairs

verdão is aPortuguesenoun. It means: abrótea-do-alto (Phycis blennoides) Pronounced /beɾ.'daŋ/. Often confused with verde and verga.

Key facts for verdão
PropertyValue
Headwordverdão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/beɾ.'daŋ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#22,831
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for verdão is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /beɾ.'daŋ/. Corpus data places it at rank #22,831 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "abrótea-do-alto (Phycis blennoides)".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for verdão, with forms such as "evrdão", "vedrão", and "verddão". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "verde", "verga", "versão", 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 verdão, spelled V-E-R-D-Ã-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    abrótea-do-alto (Phycis blennoides)

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: evrdão,vedrão,verddão,verdoã,verrdão,verãdo,vredão,vverdão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for verdão

Misspelling Variants of "verdão"

evrdão6vedrão6verddão7verdoã6verrdão7verãdo6vredão6vverdão7
Misspelling Variants of "verdão"

Frequency rank: #22,831 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "verdão"?
"verdão" is spelled V-E-R-D-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /beɾ.'daŋ/.
What does "verdão" mean?
As a noun, "verdão" means: abrótea-do-alto (Phycis blennoides)
What words are commonly confused with "verdão"?
"verdão" is commonly confused with "verde", "verga", "versão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "verdão"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "verdão" is /beɾ.'daŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "verdão" come from?
"verdão" 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

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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.