blew
/bl(j)uː/
The verdict
“blew” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,487 among 2,073 “B” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,487
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,073
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - particípio passado do verbo blow
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | blew |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bl(j)uː/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #98,487 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “blew” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
blew is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,487 among 2,073 “B” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /bl(j)uː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "particípio passado do verbo blow".
No generated misspelling entries exist for blew in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists 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 blew, spelled B-L-E-W.
Definition
- 1particípio passado do verbo blow
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 “blew”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is B-L-E-W - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /bl(j)uː/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.