new
/nuː/
The verdict
“new” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,338) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,338
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - novo:
Corpus desk
Index PT-new · new · Portuguese
new · rank #1,338 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,338
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH parceria
Nearest frequency peer: parceria (+1 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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “new”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- episódio
episódio
98,668 corpus weight
- espécie
espécie
98,667 corpus weight
- irmãos
irmãos
98,665 corpus weight
- new
new
98,663 corpus weight
- parceria
parceria
98,662 corpus weight
- passada
passada
98,661 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “new” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | new |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /nuː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “new”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for new is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "nu", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /nuː/. Frequency #1,338 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "novo:".
Zero misspellings are on record for new in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "ni", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
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 new, spelled N-E-W.
Definition
- 1novo:
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how new appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The band just released a new album.
My new car is much better than my previous one, even though it is older.
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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