aut
The verdict
“aut” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,554 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a conjunction. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,554
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ou
Corpus desk
Index PT-aut · aut · Portuguese
aut · rank #59,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,554
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH auspicioso
Nearest frequency peer: auspicioso (-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 “aut”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- apavorar
apavorar
40,462 corpus weight
- artefacto
artefacto
40,457 corpus weight
- asfixiar
asfixiar
40,456 corpus weight
- auspicioso
auspicioso
40,448 corpus weight
- aut
aut
40,447 corpus weight
- babaçu
babaçu
40,443 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “aut” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aut |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #59,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “aut” em português
Rare enough to double-check
aut is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,554 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as aconjunction. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
aut doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is aut, spelled A-U-T.
Definition
- 1ou
- 2ou então
- 3no caso contrário
- 4nem (quando usado após negação)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how aut appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Marcus videbit ludos aut dormit.
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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