noite

noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#177

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

noite is aPortuguesenoun. It means: período do dia entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite It ranks #177 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with Not and nome.

Key facts for noite
PropertyValue
Headwordnoite
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#177
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of noite in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for noite is 5 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #177 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for noite, with forms such as "niote", "nnoite", and "noiet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Not", "nome", "nota", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is noite, spelled N-O-I-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    período do dia entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite
  2. 2
    parte do dia entre o anoitecer e o amanhecer
  3. 3
    período do dia entre as dezoito horas e a meia-noite
  4. 4
    trevas, escuridão, período de provação e sofrimento

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: niote,nnoite,noiet,noitte,notie,onite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for noite

Misspelling Variants of "noite"

niote5nnoite6noiet5noitte6notie5onite5
Misspelling Variants of "noite"

Frequency rank: #177 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "noite"?
"noite" is spelled N-O-I-T-E.
What does "noite" mean?
As a noun, "noite" means: período do dia entre o anoitecer e a meia-noite
What words are commonly confused with "noite"?
"noite" is commonly confused with "Not", "nome", "nota". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "noite" come from?
"noite" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter N in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.