Wilson
/ˈwɪlsən/, /ˈwɪlsn̩/
The verdict
“Wilson” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #4,526 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,526
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wilson
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Wilson |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈwɪlsən/, /ˈwɪlsn̩/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Wilson” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for Wilson is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈwɪlsən/, /ˈwɪlsn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,526 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Wilson".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Wilson, with forms such as "iwlson", "willson", and "wilosn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is Wilson, spelled W-I-L-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wilson
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: iwlson,willson,wilosn,wilsno,wilsonn,wilsson,wislon,wlison,wwilson
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Wilson - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Wilson”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is W-I-L-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈwɪlsən/, /ˈwɪlsn̩/ (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.