walnut

noun

The verdict

“walnut” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #71,434 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.

#71,434
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - noz

Key facts for walnut
PropertyValue
Headwordwalnut
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “walnut” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). walnut lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for walnut is 6 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #71,434 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for walnut in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is walnut, spelled W-A-L-N-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    noz
  2. 2
    nogueira
  3. 3
    madeira da nogueira
  4. 4
    a cor castanha escura

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "walnut"?
"walnut" is spelled W-A-L-N-U-T.
What does "walnut" mean?
As a noun, "walnut" means: noz
What language does "walnut" come from?
"walnut" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “walnut”

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

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is W-A-L-N-U-T - 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 FrequencyWords open word-frequency list