puppy
/ˈpʌpi/, [ˈpʰʌpi]
The verdict
“puppy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,521 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,521
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - filhote de cachorro, cachorrinho
Corpus desk
Index PT-puppy · puppy · Portuguese
puppy · rank #53,521 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,521
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH rabisco
Nearest frequency peer: rabisco (+6 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 “puppy”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- polarizado
polarizado
46,503 corpus weight
- pretensioso
pretensioso
46,492 corpus weight
- primus
primus
46,491 corpus weight
- puppy
puppy
46,480 corpus weight
- rabisco
rabisco
46,474 corpus weight
- regard
regard
46,462 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “puppy” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cauda longa: rank de “puppy” em português
Rare enough to double-check
puppy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,521 among 1,578 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how puppy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"I found my place taken by an ill-bred, awkward puppy with a money bag under each arm."
"I have another two dozen of these puppies to finish before I can go home."
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).