kuka
The verdict
“kuka” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #86,600 among 95 “K” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,600
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 95
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - quem
Corpus desk
Index PT-kuka · kuka · Portuguese
kuka · rank #86,600 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,600
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 95
- PHOTO-FINISH lacraia
Nearest frequency peer: lacraia (+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 “kuka”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- jubilar
jubilar
13,421 corpus weight
- kapo
kapo
13,413 corpus weight
- kok
kok
13,404 corpus weight
- kuka
kuka
13,401 corpus weight
- lacraia
lacraia
13,399 corpus weight
- llama
llama
13,377 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “kuka” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kuka |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,600 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “kuka” em português
Rare enough to double-check
kuka is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #86,600 among 95 “K” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for kuka, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is kuka, spelled K-U-K-A.
Definition
- 1quem
- 2quem
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how kuka appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Kuka avasi oven?
Ketkä te olette?
Synonyms
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).