noisy

/n'ɔizi/

//n'ɔizi// adj

The verdict

“noisy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,341 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,341
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - barulhento, ruidoso

Corpus desk

Index PT-noisy · noisy · Portuguese

noisy · rank #68,341 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,341
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH oblíqua

Nearest frequency peer: oblíqua (+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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “noisy”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “noisy” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for noisy
PropertyValue
Headwordnoisy
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/n'ɔizi/
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “noisy” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).noisycai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “oblíqua” (#68,343), “outsider” (#68,349), “pachorra” (#68,350). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “noisy” fica em #68,341. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

noisy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,341 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /n'ɔizi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "barulhento, ruidoso".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for noisy, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is noisy, spelled N-O-I-S-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    barulhento, ruidoso

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "noisy"?
"noisy" is spelled N-O-I-S-Y. The IPA pronunciation is /n'ɔizi/.
What does "noisy" mean?
As an adjective, "noisy" means: barulhento, ruidoso
How do you pronounce "noisy"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "noisy" is /n'ɔizi/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "noisy" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "noisy", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list