nostalgia
/nuʃ.taɫ.ˈʒi.ɐ/
The verdict
“nostalgia” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #13,800 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,800
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sentimento de tristeza motivado por profunda saudade
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nostalgia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /nuʃ.taɫ.ˈʒi.ɐ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nostalgia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for nostalgia is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /nuʃ.taɫ.ˈʒi.ɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #13,800 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "sentimento de tristeza motivado por profunda saudade".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for nostalgia, with forms such as "nnostalgia", "nosatlgia", and "nosstalgia". 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, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is nostalgia, spelled N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A.
Definition
- 1sentimento de tristeza motivado por profunda saudade
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: nnostalgia,nosatlgia,nosstalgia,nostaglia,nostalgai,nostalggia,nostaliga,nostallgia,nostlagia,nosttalgia,notsalgia,nsotalgia,onstalgia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nostalgia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “nostalgia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-O-S-T-A-L-G-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /nuʃ.taɫ.ˈʒi.ɐ/ (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.