uno
/ˈunu/
The verdict
“uno” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #11,761) as an adjective. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #11,761
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 147
- “U” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - único
Corpus desk
Index PT-uno · uno · Portuguese
uno · rank #11,761 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,761
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 147
- PHOTO-FINISH unicamente
Nearest frequency peer: unicamente (-1 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “uno”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- traço
traço
88,242 corpus weight
- unicamente
unicamente
88,241 corpus weight
- uno
uno
88,240 corpus weight
- usual
usual
88,239 corpus weight
- vanguarda
vanguarda
88,237 corpus weight
- verbal
verbal
88,236 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “uno” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | uno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈunu/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #11,761 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “uno” fica na frequência do português
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for uno is neighbouring look-alikes ("us", "ur", …), not just typos; it is anadjective pronounced /ˈunu/. Frequency #11,761 among 147 “U” headwords. Gloss: "único".
Zero misspellings are on record for uno in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. 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.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 uno, spelled U-N-O.
Definition
- 1único
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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- "uno" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "us". View pair
- Usage frequency rank #11,761 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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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.