yummy
/ˈjʌm.i/
The verdict
“yummy” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,267 among 26 “Y” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,267
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 26
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - delicioso
Corpus desk
Index PT-yummy · yummy · Portuguese
yummy · rank #79,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,267
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 26
- PHOTO-FINISH wey
Nearest frequency peer: wey (-18 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 “yummy”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- validamente
validamente
20,770 corpus weight
- videoteca
videoteca
20,761 corpus weight
- wey
wey
20,752 corpus weight
- yummy
yummy
20,734 corpus weight
- aeromodelis…
aeromodelismo
20,710 corpus weight
- alfabético
alfabético
20,702 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “yummy” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yummy |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈjʌm.i/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #79,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “yummy” em português
Rare enough to double-check
yummy is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,267 among 26 “Y” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈjʌm.i/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "delicioso".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for yummy, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is yummy, spelled Y-U-M-M-Y.
Definition
- 1delicioso
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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