pois
/ˈpojʃ/
The verdict
“pois” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #251 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a conjunction.
- #251
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - logo, pelo que, portanto, por consequência, por conseguinte:
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 | pois |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | /ˈpojʃ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #251 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pois” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pois is 4 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpojʃ/. Corpus data places it at rank #251 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pois, with forms such as "opis", "pios", and "poiss". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "por", "pop", "Pol", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pois, spelled P-O-I-S.
Definition
- 1logo, pelo que, portanto, por consequência, por conseguinte:
- 2porquanto, porque:
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: opis,pios,poiss,posi,ppois
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pois - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “pois”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-I-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpojʃ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “por” - see the side-by-side comparison. pois vs por
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.