nur

/nuːɐ̯/

//nuːɐ̯// adv

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The verdict

“nur” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #35,702) as an adverb. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#35,702
frequency rank, Portuguese
360
“N” headwords
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apenas, somente, meramente

Corpus desk

Index PT-nur · nur · Portuguese

nur · rank #35,702 · 0 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,702
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 360
  • PHOTO-FINISH Onofre

Nearest frequency peer: Onofre (+6 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 “nur”

Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo

corpus weight

What this shows As barras situam “nur” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

nur vs n
33% similar
nur vs no
33% similar
nur vs na
33% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for nur
PropertyValue
Headwordnur
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
IPA/nuːɐ̯/
Letters3
Frequency rank#35,702
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “nur”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).nurcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “Onofre” (#35,708), “narrativo” (#35,693), “palo” (#35,711). Entre 360 lemas com “N”, “nur” fica em #35,702. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for nur is neighbouring look-alikes ("n", "no", …), not just typos; it is anadverb pronounced /nuːɐ̯/. Frequency #35,702 among 360 “N” headwords. Gloss: "apenas, somente, meramente".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for nur, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "n", "no", "na", 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 easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is nur, spelled N-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    apenas, somente, meramente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how nur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ich bin auch nur ein Mensch

Synonyms

alleinalleinigalleinigausschließlichbloßdochlediglichnichts als

Antonyms

unter anderem

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 "nur"?
"nur" is spelled N-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is /nuːɐ̯/.
What does "nur" mean?
As an adverb, "nur" means: apenas, somente, meramente
What words are commonly confused with "nur"?
"nur" is commonly confused with "n", "no", "na". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "nur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "nur" is /nuːɐ̯/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "nur" come from?
"nur" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tax#35,800fil#35,592FDP#35,589dub#35,557

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list