wilderness
/ˈwɪldənəs/, /-nɪs/
The verdict
“wilderness” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #84,361 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #84,361
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - terra não cultivada e não colonizada; natureza selvagem
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wilderness |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪldənəs/, /-nɪs/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #84,361 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wilderness” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for wilderness is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɪldənəs/, /-nɪs/. Corpus data places it at rank #84,361 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terra não cultivada e não colonizada; natureza selvagem".
No misspelling variants are generated for wilderness in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is wilderness, spelled W-I-L-D-E-R-N-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1terra não cultivada e não colonizada; natureza selvagem
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 “wilderness”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is W-I-L-D-E-R-N-E-S-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪldənəs/, /-nɪs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.