nham
The verdict
“nham” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,455 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,455
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa a vontade de comer algo de deliciosidade bastante agradável ou que muito apetece
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nham |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #70,455 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nham” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nham is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,455 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as aninterjection. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "expressa a vontade de comer algo de deliciosidade bastante agradável ou que muito apetece".
No misspelling variants are generated for nham in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nham, spelled N-H-A-M.
Definition
- 1expressa a vontade de comer algo de deliciosidade bastante agradável ou que muito apetece
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 “nham”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-H-A-M - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.