ui
/ˈuj/
The verdict
“ui” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #19,875) as an interjection. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #19,875
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - exprime surpresa, admiração, repugnância
Corpus desk
Index PT-ui · ui · Portuguese
ui · rank #19,875 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,875
- LEN-SHORT 2 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH tutelar
Nearest frequency peer: tutelar (-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.
Vizinhos de frequência do confusável “ui”
Pares de peso semelhante no corpus, aparte dos confusáveis abaixo
- tombo
tombo
80,134 corpus weight
- Tor
Tor
80,132 corpus weight
- trevo
trevo
80,130 corpus weight
- tutelar
tutelar
80,128 corpus weight
- ui
ui
80,126 corpus weight
- valência
valência
80,124 corpus weight
What this shows As barras situam “ui” face aos lemas portugueses mais próximos por rank, não um reprint da secretária de confusáveis.
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 | ui |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | /ˈuj/ |
| Letters | 2 |
| Frequency rank | #19,875 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Rank de corpus junto a confusáveis de “ui”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for ui is neighbouring look-alikes ("um", "us", …), not just typos; it is aninterjection pronounced /ˈuj/. Frequency #19,875 among 147 “U” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ui, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "um", "us", "ur", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is ui, spelled U-I.
Definition
- 1exprime surpresa, admiração, repugnância
- 2exprime que se sente dor ou desconforto
- 3exprime rejeição, repulsa, resistência a algo
- 4expressa deboche em relação a ato considerado melindroso ou efeminado
- 5expressa prazer conforme sensação reativa corporal involutária a estímulo de contato
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ui appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
CRER — Informações Sobre a Fé
Mulheres Em Mim: Universo Paralelo, Em Feminino
This word in other languages
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.