hue
The verdict
“hue” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #51,666 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,666
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zoeira, zoação
Corpus desk
Index PT-hue · hue · Portuguese
hue · rank #51,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,666
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH hipotensão
Nearest frequency peer: hipotensão (-8 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 “hue”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Haus
Haus
48,349 corpus weight
- hipotensão
hipotensão
48,343 corpus weight
- hue
hue
48,335 corpus weight
- impureza
impureza
48,325 corpus weight
- inconsciênc…
inconsciência
48,321 corpus weight
- indiciar
indiciar
48,320 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hue” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hue |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #51,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hue” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hue is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #51,666 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zoeira, zoação".
Zero misspellings are on record for hue in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is hue, spelled H-U-E.
Definition
- 1zoeira, zoação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how hue appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
O hue BR nunca tem fim até a Polícia Federal bater à porta, daí pra frente só cagaço BR.
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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