hus
/hʉːs/
The verdict
“hus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,808 among 995 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,808
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 995
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | hus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /hʉːs/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #96,808 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “hus” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
hus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,808 among 995 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /hʉːs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham".
No generated misspelling entries exist for hus in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is hus, spelled H-U-S.
Definition
- 1casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham
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 “hus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is H-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /hʉːs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.