força de vontade

phrase

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The verdict

“força de vontade” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
16
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - volição; processo cognitivo pelo qual um indivíduo decide e se compromete com uma determinada ação

Key facts for força de vontade
PropertyValue
Headwordforça de vontade
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters16
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “força de vontade” sits in Portuguese frequency

força de vontade falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

força de vontade is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for força de vontade in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is força de vontade, spelled F-O-R-Ç-A- -D-E- -V-O-N-T-A-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    volição; processo cognitivo pelo qual um indivíduo decide e se compromete com uma determinada ação
  2. 2
    uma das faculdades da mente, junto com a razão e compreensão, que permite a ação deliberada
  3. 3
    extrema vontade que surge ou é cativada nos indivíduos e que os permite completar ações difíceis

This word in other languages

willpower(English)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "força de vontade"?
"força de vontade" is spelled F-O-R-Ç-A- -D-E- -V-O-N-T-A-D-E.
What does "força de vontade" mean?
As a phrase, "força de vontade" means: volição; processo cognitivo pelo qual um indivíduo decide e se compromete com uma determinada ação
What language does "força de vontade" come from?
"força de vontade" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “força de vontade”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is F-O-R-Ç-A- -D-E- -V-O-N-T-A-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list