puppy
/ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰʌpi]
The verdict
“puppy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,521 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,521
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - filhote de cachorro, cachorrinho
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puppy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰʌpi] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,521 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puppy” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
puppy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,521 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰʌpi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
puppy has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is puppy, spelled P-U-P-P-Y.
Definition
- 1filhote de cachorro, cachorrinho
- 2indivíduo arrogante, convencido
- 3uma coisa (genérica) chata de ser feita, um trabalho enfadonho
Synonyms
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 “puppy”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-U-P-P-Y - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰʌpi] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.