vigilância

noun

The verdict

“vigilância” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,240. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,240
frequency rank, Portuguese
501
“V” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de estar vigilante

Corpus desk

Index PT-vigilancia · vigilância · Portuguese

vigilância · rank #3,240 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,240
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 501
  • PHOTO-FINISH torre

Nearest frequency peer: torre (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “vigilância”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “vigilância” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for vigilância
PropertyValue
Headwordvigilância
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#3,240
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “vigilância”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).vigilânciacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “torre” (#3,239), “virgem” (#3,241), “William” (#3,244). Entre 501 lemas com “V”, “vigilância” fica em #3,240. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around vigilância, anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,240 among 501 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for vigilância, with forms such as "ivgilância", "vgiilância", and "viggilância". 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. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is vigilância, spelled V-I-G-I-L-Â-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de estar vigilante
  2. 2
    o fato de prestar atenção

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how vigilância appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Agora, ele anda 65 metros dentro de casa, sempre sob vigilância dos guarda-costas.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ivgilância
  • vgiilância
  • viggilância
  • vigillância
  • vigilnâcia
  • vigilâcnia
  • vigilâncai
  • vigilânccia
  • vigilânica
  • vigilânncia
  • vigiâlncia
  • vigliância
  • viiglância
  • vvigilância

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of vigilância - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ivgilância2vgiilância2viggilância1vigillância1vigilnâcia2vigilâcnia2vigilâncai2vigilânccia1
Edit distance from "vigilância"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vigilância"?
"vigilância" is spelled V-I-G-I-L-Â-N-C-I-A.
What does "vigilância" mean?
As a noun, "vigilância" means: ato ou efeito de estar vigilante
What are common misspellings of "vigilância"?
Common misspellings include "ivgilância", "vgiilância", "viggilância", "vigillância", "vigilnâcia". The correct spelling is "vigilância".
What language does "vigilância" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "vigilância", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list