hug
/hʌɡ/, SAMPA: /hVg
The verdict
“hug” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,975 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,975
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - abraço
Corpus desk
Index PT-hug · hug · Portuguese
hug · rank #57,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,975
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH importance
Nearest frequency peer: importance (+6 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 “hug”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- garrote
garrote
42,051 corpus weight
- glicogênio
glicogênio
42,045 corpus weight
- hug
hug
42,026 corpus weight
- importance
importance
42,020 corpus weight
- intuitivame…
intuitivamente
42,005 corpus weight
- ish
ish
42,001 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hug” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hug |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hʌɡ/, SAMPA: /hVg |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #57,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “hug” em português
Rare enough to double-check
hug is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,975 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hʌɡ/, SAMPA: /hVg. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for hug, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is hug, spelled H-U-G.
Definition
- 1abraço
- 2aperto, estreitamento
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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