húmus
/ˈu.muʃ/
The verdict
“húmus” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #55,026 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,026
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - o mesmo que humo
| 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) |
Where “húmus” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for húmus is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈu.muʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #55,026 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “húmus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-Ú-M-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈu.muʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.