puf

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The verdict

“puf” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #39,341 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an interjection.

#39,341
frequency rank, Portuguese
3
letters
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - expressa que algo ou alguém sumiu

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

puf vs put
67% similar
puf vs pum
67% similar
puf vs puta
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for puf
PropertyValue
Headwordpuf
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechInterjection
Letters3
Frequency rank#39,341
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “puf” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). puf lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for puf is 3 letters long, classified as an interjection. Corpus data places it at rank #39,341 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "expressa que algo ou alguém sumiu".

No generated misspelling entries exist for puf in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "put", "pum", "puta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is puf, spelled P-U-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    expressa que algo ou alguém sumiu

Synonyms

puft

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 "puf"?
"puf" is spelled P-U-F.
What does "puf" mean?
As an interjection, "puf" means: expressa que algo ou alguém sumiu
What words are commonly confused with "puf"?
"puf" is commonly confused with "put", "pum", "puta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "puf" come from?
"puf" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “puf”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-U-F - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Don't mix it up with “put” - see the side-by-side comparison. puf vs put
  • 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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list