one
/ˈwɐn/
The verdict
“one” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #1,219) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #1,219
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 385
- “O” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - único:
Corpus desk
Index PT-one · one · Portuguese
one · rank #1,219 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,219
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 385
- PHOTO-FINISH lindo
Nearest frequency peer: lindo (-3 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 “one”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- lançamento
lançamento
98,786 corpus weight
- lindo
lindo
98,785 corpus weight
- one
one
98,782 corpus weight
- praça
praça
98,778 corpus weight
- rainha
rainha
98,775 corpus weight
- rock
rock
98,774 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “one” 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 | one |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈwɐn/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #1,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “one”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for one is neighbouring look-alikes ("os", "ou", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈwɐn/. Frequency #1,219 among 385 “O” headwords. Gloss: "único:".
No misspelling variants are generated for one in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "os", "ou", "or", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is one, spelled O-N-E.
Definition
- 1único:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how one appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
He is the one man who can help you.
Synonyms
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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