# want

> Portuguese word · Noun · IPA /wɑnt/, X-SAMPA: /wAnt/ · frequency rank #7,102

## Definitions
1. falta
2. necessidade
3. desejo

## Easily confused with
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-war)
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-was)
- **wen** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-wen)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-wet)
- **what** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-what)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-west)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-wind)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-wine)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-warm)
- **wash** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-wash)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-went)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-watt)
- **won't** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/want-vs-won-t)
- **Wal** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wal-vs-want)
- **wall** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wall-vs-want)
- **walk** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/walk-vs-want)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wake-vs-want)
- **wait** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wait-vs-want)

## Common misspellings (6)
`awnt`, `wannt`, `wantt`, `watn`, `wnat`, `wwant`

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