dus
/dʏs/
The verdict
“dus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #82,830 among 1,193 “D” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,830
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,193
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - assi, logo
Corpus desk
Index PT-dus · dus · Portuguese
dus · rank #82,830 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,830
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,193
- PHOTO-FINISH dusk
Nearest frequency peer: dusk (+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 “dus”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- desnaturado
desnaturado
17,196 corpus weight
- desordenados
desordenados
17,195 corpus weight
- dus
dus
17,171 corpus weight
- dusk
dusk
17,170 corpus weight
- encalhe
encalhe
17,158 corpus weight
- enciclopédi…
enciclopédico
17,157 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “dus” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /dʏs/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,830 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “dus” em português
Rare enough to double-check
dus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #82,830 among 1,193 “D” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /dʏs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "assi, logo".
dus has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is dus, spelled D-U-S.
Definition
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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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