wilk

/vʲilk/

//vʲilk// noun

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The verdict

“wilk” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,551 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#82,551
frequency rank, Portuguese
110
“W” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-wilk · wilk · Portuguese

wilk · rank #82,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #82,551
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 110
  • PHOTO-FINISH vólei

Nearest frequency peer: vólei (-6 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 “wilk”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for wilk
PropertyValue
Headwordwilk
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/vʲilk/
Letters4
Frequency rank#82,551
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “wilk” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).wilkcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “vólei” (#82,545), “Yule” (#82,564), “varma” (#82,529). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “wilk” fica em #82,551. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

wilk is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,551 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /vʲilk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

wilk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is wilk, spelled W-I-L-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    lobo
  2. 2
    pastor alemão
  3. 3
    cistite (usado na expressões złapać wilka e dostać wilka)
  4. 4
    tuberculose luposa

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wilk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wilk zagryzł pięć owiec.
  2. On ma w domu dużego wilka.

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 "wilk"?
"wilk" is spelled W-I-L-K. The IPA pronunciation is /vʲilk/.
What does "wilk" mean?
As a noun, "wilk" means: lobo
How do you pronounce "wilk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wilk" is /vʲilk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wilk" come from?
"wilk" 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 "wilk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Yule#82,564cepo#82,733Noël#82,289dusk#82,831

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list