obus
/ɔ.ˈbuʃ/
The verdict
“obus” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - peça de artilharia semelhante a um canhão ou a um morteiro
Corpus desk
Index PT-obus · obus · Portuguese
obus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "O" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɔ.ˈbuʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “obus” em português
Rare enough to double-check
obus is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɔ.ˈbuʃ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for obus, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 obus, spelled O-B-U-S.
Definition
- 1peça de artilharia semelhante a um canhão ou a um morteiro
- 2projétil explosivo dessa peça
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.