gust
/gʌst/
The verdict
“gust” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #94,848 among 1,241 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,848
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,241
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - lufada de ar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gust |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /gʌst/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #94,848 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gust” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
gust is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #94,848 among 1,241 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /gʌst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
gust has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is gust, spelled G-U-S-T.
Definition
- 1lufada de ar
- 2vento forte repentino
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 “gust”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is G-U-S-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.