darkness

/ˈdɑːknəs/

//ˈdɑːknəs// noun

The verdict

“darkness” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,930. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,930
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,193
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - escuridão; trevas

Corpus desk

Index PT-darkness · darkness · Portuguese

darkness · rank #24,930 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,930
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,193
  • PHOTO-FINISH curral

Nearest frequency peer: curral (-2 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 “darkness”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “darkness” 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 darkness
PropertyValue
Headworddarkness
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈdɑːknəs/
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,930
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “darkness”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.darknesscai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “curral” (#24,928), “curativo” (#24,927), “decretar” (#24,933). Entre 1,193 lemas com “D”, “darkness” fica em #24,930. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around darkness (IPA /ˈdɑːknəs/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,930 among 1,193 “D” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    escuridão; trevas

Antonyms

lightnessbrightness

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.

adrkness2dakrness2darkenss2darkkness1darknes1darknness1darknses2darnkess2
Edit distance from "darkness"

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 "darkness"?
"darkness" is spelled D-A-R-K-N-E-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈdɑːknəs/.
What does "darkness" mean?
As a noun, "darkness" means: escuridão; trevas
What are common misspellings of "darkness"?
Common misspellings include "adrkness", "dakrness", "darkenss", "darkkness", "darknes". The correct spelling is "darkness".
How do you pronounce "darkness"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "darkness" is /ˈdɑːknəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "darkness" come from?
"darkness" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list