ouija
/ow.'i.ʒɐ/
The verdict
“ouija” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,128 among 846 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,128
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 846
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - superfície plana com letras, números ou outros símbolos em que se coloca um indicador móvel, utilizada supostamente para comunicação com espíritos
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ouija |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ow.'i.ʒɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #50,128 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ouija” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ouija is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,128 among 846 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ow.'i.ʒɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "superfície plana com letras, números ou outros símbolos em que se coloca um indicador móvel, utilizada supostamente para comunicação com espíritos".
ouija has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ouija, spelled O-U-I-J-A.
Definition
- 1superfície plana com letras, números ou outros símbolos em que se coloca um indicador móvel, utilizada supostamente para comunicação com espíritos
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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Using “ouija”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is O-U-I-J-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ow.'i.ʒɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.