uivo
/ˈuj.vu/
The verdict
“uivo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #57,658 among 147 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,658
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - o grito dos lobos, cachorros, etc
Corpus desk
Index PT-uivo · uivo · Portuguese
uivo · rank #57,658 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,658
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH unissex
Nearest frequency peer: unissex (+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 “uivo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- topázio
topázio
42,355 corpus weight
- uivo
uivo
42,343 corpus weight
- unissex
unissex
42,341 corpus weight
- verossimilh…
verossimilhança
42,337 corpus weight
- viseira
viseira
42,336 corpus weight
- vivenda
vivenda
42,335 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “uivo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | uivo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈuj.vu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #57,658 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “uivo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
uivo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #57,658 among 147 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈuj.vu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for uivo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is uivo, spelled U-I-V-O.
Definition
- 1o grito dos lobos, cachorros, etc
- 2grito de dor, raiva, etc
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.
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