viação
/vjɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“viação” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,667. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,667
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,073
- “V” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 14
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - empresa de ônibus ou de outros veículos de passageiros
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 | viação |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vjɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #17,667 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 14 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “viação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around viação (IPA /vjɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,667 among 1,073 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for viação, with forms such as "ivação", "vaição", and "viaãço". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "visão", "vilão", "vício", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is viação, spelled V-I-A-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1empresa de ônibus ou de outros veículos de passageiros
- 2rede rodoviária
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivação
- vaição
- viaãço
- viaçoã
- viçaão
- vviação
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of viação - 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 “viação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-I-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vjɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “visão” - see the side-by-side comparison. viação vs visão
- 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.