pup
/pʌp/
The verdict
“pup” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #84,163 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,163
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - variação de puppy (cachorrinho)
Corpus desk
Index PT-pup · pup · Portuguese
pup · rank #84,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,163
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH purgar
Nearest frequency peer: purgar (+2 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 “pup”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- proativo
proativo
15,847 corpus weight
- pup
pup
15,838 corpus weight
- purgar
purgar
15,836 corpus weight
- puritanismo
puritanismo
15,835 corpus weight
- quarentão
quarentão
15,832 corpus weight
- ralhar
ralhar
15,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pup” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pup |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pʌp/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #84,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pup” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pup is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #84,163 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pʌp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pup, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is pup, spelled P-U-P.
Definition
- 1variação de puppy (cachorrinho)
- 2filhote de cachorro, lobo, raposa, foca e alguns outros animais
- 3indivíduo inexperiente
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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