pónei
/ˈpɔ.nɐj/
The verdict
“pónei” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #97,095 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - cavalo da Bretanha que cresce pouco
Corpus desk
Index PT-ponei · pónei · Portuguese
pónei · rank #97,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,095
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pronominal
Nearest frequency peer: pronominal (-8 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pónei”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- platónico
platónico
2,938 corpus weight
- prolixo
prolixo
2,916 corpus weight
- pronominal
pronominal
2,914 corpus weight
- pónei
pónei
2,906 corpus weight
- rapsódia
rapsódia
2,893 corpus weight
- regret
regret
2,875 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pónei” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pónei” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pónei is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #97,095 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɔ.nɐj/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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