nia
/ˈni.a/, /ˈni.ɑ/
The verdict
“nia” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #30,651) as a pronoun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #30,651
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nosso, nossa, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do plural
Corpus desk
Index PT-nia · nia · Portuguese
nia · rank #30,651 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #30,651
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH neurologista
Nearest frequency peer: neurologista (-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 “nia”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- motriz
motriz
69,357 corpus weight
- neurologista
neurologista
69,351 corpus weight
- nia
nia
69,350 corpus weight
- oficializar
oficializar
69,346 corpus weight
- oie
oie
69,345 corpus weight
- omitir
omitir
69,344 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “nia” 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 | nia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /ˈni.a/, /ˈni.ɑ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #30,651 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nia”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nia is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "nu", …), not just typos; it is apronoun pronounced /ˈni.a/, /ˈni.ɑ/. Frequency #30,651 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "nosso, nossa, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do plural".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nia in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "nn", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is nia, spelled N-I-A.
Definition
- 1nosso, nossa, pronome possessivo da primeira pessoa do plural
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).