nim
The verdict
“nim” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #42,127) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #42,127
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - expressa não e sim
Corpus desk
Index PT-nim · nim · Portuguese
nim · rank #42,127 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #42,127
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nociva
Nearest frequency peer: nociva (+2 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 “nim”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- necessitado
necessitado
57,878 corpus weight
- nim
nim
57,874 corpus weight
- nociva
nociva
57,872 corpus weight
- Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest
57,868 corpus weight
- ori
ori
57,864 corpus weight
- pasmo
pasmo
57,856 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “nim” 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 | nim |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #42,127 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nim”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nim is neighbouring look-alikes ("no", "nu", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection. Frequency #42,127 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "expressa não e sim".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for nim, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "no", "nu", "nn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is nim, spelled N-I-M.
Definition
- 1expressa não e sim
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nim appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Luis Gustavo titubeou por alguns segundos e respondeu: "Nim!"
This word in other languages
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).