nuit
The verdict
“nuit” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #66,363 among 360 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,363
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - noite (período entre o anoitecer e o amanhecer)
Corpus desk
Index PT-nuit · nuit · Portuguese
nuit · rank #66,363 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,363
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nêmesis
Nearest frequency peer: nêmesis (+1 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 “nuit”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- moc
moc
33,664 corpus weight
- nippon
nippon
33,641 corpus weight
- nuit
nuit
33,638 corpus weight
- nêmesis
nêmesis
33,637 corpus weight
- pajem
pajem
33,621 corpus weight
- parafernália
parafernália
33,618 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “nuit” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nuit |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #66,363 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “nuit” em português
Rare enough to double-check
nuit is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #66,363 among 360 “N” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "noite (período entre o anoitecer e o amanhecer)".
No generated misspelling entries exist for nuit in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is nuit, spelled N-U-I-T.
Definition
- 1noite (período entre o anoitecer e o amanhecer)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how nuit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La nuit le bruit nuit.
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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