unus
/ˈuː.nus/
The verdict
“unus” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - um:
Corpus desk
Index PT-unus · unus · Portuguese
unus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "U" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | unus |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈuː.nus/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “unus” em português
Rare enough to double-check
unus is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈuː.nus/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for unus in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is unus, spelled U-N-U-S.
Definition
- 1um:
- 2único:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how unus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nemo debet bis puniri pro uno delicto.
Synonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.