wie
/viː/
The verdict
“wie” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,737 among 110 “W” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,737
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 110
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - como.
Corpus desk
Index PT-wie · wie · Portuguese
wie · rank #88,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,737
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 110
- PHOTO-FINISH vividamente
Nearest frequency peer: vividamente (-5 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 “wie”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- vividamente
vividamente
11,269 corpus weight
- wie
wie
11,264 corpus weight
- xilindró
xilindró
11,259 corpus weight
- zarabatana
zarabatana
11,252 corpus weight
- zoólogo
zoólogo
11,248 corpus weight
- achara
achara
11,231 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “wie” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wie |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | /viː/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #88,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “wie” em português
Rare enough to double-check
wie is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,737 among 110 “W” headwords, classed as anadverb, transcribed /viː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for wie in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is wie, spelled W-I-E.
Definition
- 1como.
- 2quão, quanto.
- 3em que.
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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