walnut

noun

The verdict

“walnut” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #71,434 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,434
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noz

Corpus desk

Index PT-walnut · walnut · Portuguese

walnut · rank #71,434 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,434
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH wafer

Nearest frequency peer: wafer (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “walnut”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “walnut” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for walnut
PropertyValue
Headwordwalnut
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,434
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “walnut” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).walnutcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “wafer” (#71,433), “Zambia” (#71,443), “ventilar” (#71,424). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “walnut” fica em #71,434. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

walnut is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #71,434 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "walnut", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list