nihil
The verdict
“nihil” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,989 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,989
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nada
Corpus desk
Index PT-nihil · nihil · Portuguese
nihil · rank #97,989 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,989
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH neodímio
Nearest frequency peer: neodímio (-10 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 “nihil”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- marmeleiro
marmeleiro
2,071 corpus weight
- medianamente
medianamente
2,056 corpus weight
- metralhar
metralhar
2,049 corpus weight
- Múrcia
Múrcia
2,028 corpus weight
- neodímio
neodímio
2,022 corpus weight
- nihil
nihil
2,012 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nihil” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nihil |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,989 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nihil” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nihil is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,989 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as apronoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nihil doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is nihil, spelled N-I-H-I-L.
Definition
- 1nada
- 2coisa alguma
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nihil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Obs.: também chamado indefinido negativo.
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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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).