Puglia
/ˈpuʎ.ʎa/
The verdict
“Puglia” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #70,530 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,530
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apúlia, região da Itália Meridional
Corpus desk
Index PT-puglia · Puglia · Portuguese
Puglia · rank #70,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,530
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH rampage
Nearest frequency peer: rampage (+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 “Puglia”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- poh
poh
29,494 corpus weight
- Puglia
Puglia
29,471 corpus weight
- rampage
rampage
29,463 corpus weight
- rarefeito
rarefeito
29,461 corpus weight
- razón
razón
29,457 corpus weight
- rematar
rematar
29,442 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Puglia” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Puglia” em português
Rare enough to double-check
Puglia is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #70,530 among 1,578 “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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