wo

Name: wo, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/voː/

//voː// adv

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“wo” sits in 13 confusable pairs (corpus #21,341) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#21,341
frequency rank, Portuguese: 110
“W” headwords: 13
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-wo · wo · Portuguese

wo · rank #21,341 · 0 variants · 13 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,341
LEN-SHORT 2 letters
VOW-1 1 vowel
CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 110
PHOTO-FINISH vox

Nearest frequency peer: vox (-3 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.

Vis

78,668
vox

78,663
wo

78,660
óptico

78,657
órfão

78,656
acento

78,654

What this shows As barras situam “wo” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wo vs work

50% similar

wo vs Wolf

25% similar

wo vs wood

50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wo
Property	Value
Headword	wo
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Adverb
IPA	/voː/
Letters	2
Frequency rank	#21,341
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	13
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “wo”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.wocai aqui:

#21,341

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “vox” (#21,338), “óptico” (#21,344), “órfão” (#21,345). Entre 110 lemas com “W”, “wo” fica em #21,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for wo is neighbouring look-alikes ("work", "Wolf", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /voː/. Frequency #21,341 among 110 “W” headwords. 2 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

wo has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "work", "Wolf", "wood", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is wo, spelled W-O.

Definition

1
onde
2
em algum lugar

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 "wo"?

"wo" is spelled W-O. The IPA pronunciation is /voː/.

What does "wo" mean?

As an adverb, "wo" means: onde

What words are commonly confused with "wo"?

"wo" is commonly confused with "work", "Wolf", "wood". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "wo"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wo" is /voː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "wo" come from?

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