pua
/pʊ.a/
The verdict
“pua” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,150 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,150
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - partícula empática
Corpus desk
Index PT-pua · pua · Portuguese
pua · rank #58,150 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,150
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH pur
Nearest frequency peer: pur (+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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “pua”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- predação
predação
41,866 corpus weight
- pretensamen…
pretensamente
41,863 corpus weight
- privilegiar
privilegiar
41,861 corpus weight
- pua
pua
41,851 corpus weight
- pur
pur
41,848 corpus weight
- purificador
purificador
41,847 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pua” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pua |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pʊ.a/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #58,150 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pua” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pua is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,150 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pʊ.a/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "partícula empática".
pua doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
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 pua, spelled P-U-A.
Definition
- 1partícula empática
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "pua"?
What does "pua" mean?
How do you pronounce "pua"?
What language does "pua" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pua", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).