aku

pron

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:

Key facts for aku
PropertyValue
Headwordaku
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPronoun
Letters3
Frequency rank#54,756
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “aku” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). aku lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

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

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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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.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list