húmus
/ˈu.muʃ/
The verdict
“húmus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #55,026 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,026
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 409
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o mesmo que humo
Corpus desk
Index PT-humus · húmus · Portuguese
húmus · rank #55,026 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,026
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 409
- PHOTO-FINISH iemenitas
Nearest frequency peer: iemenitas (+2 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 “húmus”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- hiperativo
hiperativo
44,983 corpus weight
- hormona
hormona
44,979 corpus weight
- húmus
húmus
44,975 corpus weight
- iemenitas
iemenitas
44,973 corpus weight
- impressioni…
impressionista
44,967 corpus weight
- inconformis…
inconformismo
44,966 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “húmus” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | húmus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈu.muʃ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,026 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “húmus” em português
Rare enough to double-check
húmus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #55,026 among 409 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈu.muʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "o mesmo que humo".
No generated misspelling entries exist for húmus in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is húmus, spelled H-Ú-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1o mesmo que humo
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how húmus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pode-se usar um complemento à adubação, com húmus de minhoca a cada seis meses.
This word in other languages
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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