aku

pron

The verdict

“aku” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #54,756 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,756
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:

Corpus desk

Index PT-aku · aku · Portuguese

aku · rank #54,756 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,756
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aguçado

Nearest frequency peer: aguçado (-1 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 “aku”

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for aku
PropertyValue
Headwordaku
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#54,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “aku” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.akucai 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: “aguçado” (#54,755), “Adonis” (#54,752), “Adelina” (#54,749). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “aku” fica em #54,756. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

aku is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #54,756 among 1,900 “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

  1. 1
    eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Aku mau minum yang dingin.

Synonyms

betaguaguehambasaya

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 "aku"?
"aku" is spelled A-K-U.
What does "aku" mean?
As a pronoun, "aku" means: eu, pronome pessoal da primeira pessoa do singular do caso reto:
What language does "aku" come from?
"aku" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aku", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list