nein
/naɪ̯n/
The verdict
“nein” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #69,018 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,018
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - não
Corpus desk
Index PT-nein · nein · Portuguese
nein · rank #69,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,018
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH obstinadamente
Nearest frequency peer: obstinadamente (+11 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 “nein”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- mosqueteiro
mosqueteiro
30,997 corpus weight
- nein
nein
30,983 corpus weight
- obstinadame…
obstinadamente
30,972 corpus weight
- oci
oci
30,970 corpus weight
- palpitação
palpitação
30,949 corpus weight
- parangolé
parangolé
30,947 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nein” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nein |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /naɪ̯n/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #69,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nein” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nein is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #69,018 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /naɪ̯n/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "não".
No misspelling variants are generated for nein in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, 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 is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is nein, spelled N-E-I-N.
Definition
- 1não
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nein appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hast du morgen Abend Zeit? — Nein, leider nicht.
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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