darkness
/ˈdɑːknəs/
The verdict
“darkness” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #24,930 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #24,930
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - escuridão; trevas
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | darkness |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈdɑːknəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “darkness” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for darkness is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈdɑːknəs/. Corpus data places it at rank #24,930 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "escuridão; trevas".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for darkness, with forms such as "adrkness", "dakrness", and "darkenss". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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. The correct Portuguese form is darkness, spelled D-A-R-K-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1escuridão; trevas
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: adrkness,dakrness,darkenss,darkkness,darknes,darknness,darknses,darnkess,darrkness,ddarkness,drakness
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of darkness - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “darkness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-A-R-K-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈdɑːknəs/ (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.