und

//ʊnt// conj

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#29,551

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

und is aPortugueseconj. It means: (conjunção coordenativa) e. Pronounced /ʊnt/. Often confused with us and ur.

Key facts for und
PropertyValue
Headwordund
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechConj
IPA/ʊnt/
Letters3
Frequency rank#29,551
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of und in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for und is 3 letters long, classified as aconj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ʊnt/. Corpus data places it at rank #29,551 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(conjunção coordenativa) e.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for und in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Portuguese patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "us", "ur", "ut", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is und, spelled U-N-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (conjunção coordenativa) e.

Frequency rank: #29,551 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "und"?
"und" is spelled U-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is /ʊnt/.
What does "und" mean?
As a conj, "und" means: (conjunção coordenativa) e.
What words are commonly confused with "und"?
"und" is commonly confused with "us", "ur", "ut". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "und"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "und" is /ʊnt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "und" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.