pujante

/pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/

//pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“pujante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,634 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,634
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem pujança

Corpus desk

Index PT-pujante · pujante · Portuguese

pujante · rank #76,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,634
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH protelar

Nearest frequency peer: protelar (-4 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 “pujante”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pujante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pujante
PropertyValue
Headwordpujante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#76,634
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pujante” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pujantecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “protelar” (#76,630), “profundeza” (#76,627), “primrose” (#76,625). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pujante” fica em #76,634. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pujante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,634 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pujante, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pujante, spelled P-U-J-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem pujança
  2. 2
    que tem poderio; poderoso
  3. 3
    que tem grande força; possante, forte, robusto
  4. 4
    bem desenvolvido; viçoso, exuberante, frondoso
  5. 5
    em que há abundância; profuso, rico, copioso
  6. 6
    que produz muito; fértil, fecundo, produtivo

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pujante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O pujante soberano de um reino vizinho.
  2. Corpo pujante.

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 "pujante"?
"pujante" is spelled P-U-J-A-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/.
What does "pujante" mean?
As an adjective, "pujante" means: que tem pujança
How do you pronounce "pujante"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pujante" is /pu.ˈʒɐ̃.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pujante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list