Puglia
/ˈpuʎ.ʎa/
The verdict
“Puglia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,530 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,530
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Apúlia, região da Itália Meridional
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Puglia |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpuʎ.ʎa/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #70,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Puglia” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Puglia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,530 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpuʎ.ʎa/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apúlia, região da Itália Meridional".
Zero misspellings are on record for Puglia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is Puglia, spelled P-U-G-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Apúlia, região da Itália Meridional
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 “Puglia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-U-G-L-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpuʎ.ʎa/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.