pónei
/ˈpɔ.nɐj/
The verdict
“pónei” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #97,095 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #97,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - cavalo da Bretanha que cresce pouco
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pónei |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɔ.nɐj/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pónei” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pónei is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɔ.nɐj/. Corpus data places it at rank #97,095 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "cavalo da Bretanha que cresce pouco".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pónei, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pónei, spelled P-Ó-N-E-I.
Definition
- 1cavalo da Bretanha que cresce pouco
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 “pónei”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-Ó-N-E-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.