nun
/ˈnuːn/
The verdict
“nun” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,280) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #39,280
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 360
- “N” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agora, neste momento:
Corpus desk
Index PT-nun · nun · Portuguese
nun · rank #39,280 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,280
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 360
- PHOTO-FINISH nouvelle
Nearest frequency peer: nouvelle (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “nun”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- mórbido
mórbido
60,728 corpus weight
- nest
nest
60,725 corpus weight
- nouvelle
nouvelle
60,722 corpus weight
- nun
nun
60,721 corpus weight
- náutica
náutica
60,720 corpus weight
- obituário
obituário
60,717 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “nun” 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 | nun |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /ˈnuːn/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #39,280 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nun”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for nun is neighbouring look-alikes ("nur", "nunca", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /ˈnuːn/. Frequency #39,280 among 360 “N” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nun, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "nur", "nunca", "n", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nun, spelled N-U-N.
Definition
- 1agora, neste momento:
- 2agora (num futuro imediato):
- 3agora (no passado imediato):
- 4então, naquele instante
- 5simplesmente, mesmo
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how nun appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Was haben wir nun?
Was wird nun geschehen?
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).