# wait

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /weɪt/ · frequency rank #19,594

## Definitions
1. espera

## Easily confused with
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-war)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-was)
- **Wal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wal)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wet)
- **wir** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wir)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-what)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-west)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wall)
- **want** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-want)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-walk)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wake)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-warm)
- **wash** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-wash)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-went)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-watt)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-white)
- **write** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-write)
- **weight** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-weight)

## Common misspellings (5)
`awit`, `waitt`, `wati`, `wiat`, `wwait`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/wait