aruá
/a.ɾu.ˈa/
The verdict
“aruá” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dos aruás
Corpus desk
Index PT-arua · aruá · Portuguese
aruá · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aruá |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /a.ɾu.ˈa/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “aruá” em português
Rare enough to double-check
aruá is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /a.ɾu.ˈa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dos aruás".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for aruá, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is aruá, spelled A-R-U-Á.
Definition
- 1dos aruás
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.