aku
The verdict
“aku” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,756 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,756
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4,352
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aku |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,756 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “aku” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
aku is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,756 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aku, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is aku, spelled A-K-U.
Definition
- 1eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:
Synonyms
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 “aku”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-K-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.