hus

/hʉːs/

//hʉːs// noun

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The verdict

“hus” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #96,808 among 409 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#96,808
frequency rank, Portuguese
409
“H” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham

Corpus desk

Index PT-hus · hus · Portuguese

hus · rank #96,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #96,808
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 409
  • PHOTO-FINISH homogéneo

Nearest frequency peer: homogéneo (-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 “hus”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “hus” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for hus
PropertyValue
Headwordhus
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/hʉːs/
Letters3
Frequency rank#96,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “hus” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).huscai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “homogéneo” (#96,802), “ilma” (#96,815), “hematologista” (#96,789). Entre 409 lemas com “H”, “hus” fica em #96,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

hus is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #96,808 among 409 “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

  1. 1
    casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how hus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ett prydligt, med vackra portaler utsiradt hus

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "hus"?
"hus" is spelled H-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /hʉːs/.
What does "hus" mean?
As a noun, "hus" means: casa, prédio onde as pessoas vivem ou trabalham
How do you pronounce "hus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "hus" is /hʉːs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "hus" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "hus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mío#95,986jaw#95,856kak#97,868PnP#98,050

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list