whom
/huːm/
The verdict
“whom” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,704 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as a pronoun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,704
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - a quem
Corpus desk
Index PT-whom · whom · Portuguese
whom · rank #60,704 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,704
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH ínterim
Nearest frequency peer: ínterim (+3 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 “whom”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vampirismo
vampirismo
39,310 corpus weight
- vasectomia
vasectomia
39,309 corpus weight
- velocímetro
velocímetro
39,308 corpus weight
- whom
whom
39,297 corpus weight
- ínterim
ínterim
39,294 corpus weight
- afrouxar
afrouxar
39,280 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “whom” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | whom |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Pronoun |
| IPA | /huːm/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #60,704 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “whom” em português
Rare enough to double-check
whom is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,704 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as apronoun, transcribed /huːm/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "a quem".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for whom, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is whom, spelled W-H-O-M.
Definition
- 1a quem
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how whom appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
to whom it may concern
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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