Washington
The verdict
“Washington” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,125 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,125
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estado dos Estados Unidos da América, banhado pelo oceano Pacífico, faz fronteira com a província canadiana da Colúmbia Britânica e confina com os estados do Idaho e Oregon; a capital é Olimpia
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Washington |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #2,125 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Washington” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Washington is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #2,125 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Washington, with forms such as "awshington", "wahsington", and "washhington". 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Washington, spelled W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1estado dos Estados Unidos da América, banhado pelo oceano Pacífico, faz fronteira com a província canadiana da Colúmbia Britânica e confina com os estados do Idaho e Oregon; a capital é Olimpia
- 2prenome masculino
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: awshington,wahsington,washhington,washignton,washinggton,washingotn,washingtno,washingtonn,washingtton,washinngton,washintgon,washnigton,wasihngton,wasshington,wsahington,wwashington
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Washington - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Washington”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N - 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.