Valdemar
/vaw.de'maʁ/
The verdict
“Valdemar” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #42,723 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #42,723
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - prenome masculino
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Valdemar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /vaw.de'maʁ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,723 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Valdemar” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Valdemar is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /vaw.de'maʁ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,723 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "prenome masculino".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Valdemar, with forms such as "avldemar", "vadlemar", and "valddemar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is Valdemar, spelled V-A-L-D-E-M-A-R.
Definition
- 1prenome masculino
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: avldemar,vadlemar,valddemar,valdeamr,valdemarr,valdemmar,valdemra,valdmear,valedmar,valldemar,vlademar,vvaldemar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Valdemar - 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 “Valdemar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is V-A-L-D-E-M-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /vaw.de'maʁ/ (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.