puis
The verdict
“puis” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #91,318 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,318
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - depois, em seguida
Corpus desk
Index PT-puis · puis · Portuguese
puis · rank #91,318 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,318
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH publi
Nearest frequency peer: publi (-1 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 “puis”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- publi
publi
8,684 corpus weight
- puis
puis
8,683 corpus weight
- rabicho
rabicho
8,666 corpus weight
- rateio
rateio
8,658 corpus weight
- reitero
reitero
8,634 corpus weight
- rábano
rábano
8,605 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “puis” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puis |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “puis” em português
Rare enough to double-check
puis is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #91,318 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "depois, em seguida".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for puis, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is puis, spelled P-U-I-S.
Definition
- 1depois, em seguida
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how puis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le bouton rouge est appuyé. Puis, il y a destruction.
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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