gardénia
/ɡɐɾ.ˈdɛ.njɐ/
The verdict
“gardénia” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gardénia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɐɾ.ˈdɛ.njɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gardénia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gardénia is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɡɐɾ.ˈdɛ.njɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte".
Zero misspellings are on record for gardénia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is gardénia, spelled G-A-R-D-É-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1flor semelhante ao jasmim, de perfume forte
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “gardénia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-A-R-D-É-N-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɐɾ.ˈdɛ.njɐ/ (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.