punho
/ˈpu.ɲu/
The verdict
“punho” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #9,395 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,395
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - a parte proximal da mão que se articula com o antebraço
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | punho |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpu.ɲu/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #9,395 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “punho” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for punho is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpu.ɲu/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,395 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for punho, with forms such as "pnuho", "ppunho", and "puhno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puro", "puto", "punk", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is punho, spelled P-U-N-H-O.
Definition
- 1a parte proximal da mão que se articula com o antebraço
- 2a mão fechada
- 3o cabo de instrumentos perfurantes
- 4cabo de arma de fogo
- 5peça de vestuário que circunda o punho¹
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pnuho,ppunho,puhno,punhho,punnho,punoh,upnho
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of punho - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “punho”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-U-N-H-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpu.ɲu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “puro” - see the side-by-side comparison. punho vs puro
- 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.