noisy

/n'ɔizi/

//n'ɔizi// adj

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The verdict

“noisy” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #68,341 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#68,341
frequency rank, Portuguese
5
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - barulhento, ruidoso

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)

Where “noisy” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). noisy lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for noisy is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /n'ɔizi/. Corpus data places it at rank #68,341 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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?
"noisy" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “noisy”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-O-I-S-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /n'ɔizi/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list