thu
/hu/, /u/
The verdict
“thu” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,167 among 1,850 “T” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,167
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,850
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - você, tu; pronome não-enfático da segunda pessoa do singular
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | thu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /hu/, /u/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #75,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “thu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
thu is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,167 among 1,850 “T” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /hu/, /u/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "você, tu; pronome não-enfático da segunda pessoa do singular".
No misspelling variants are generated for thu in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 thu, spelled T-H-U.
Definition
- 1você, tu; pronome não-enfático da segunda pessoa do singular
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 “thu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is T-H-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /hu/, /u/ (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.