ú vs uh, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“ú” is an adverb and “uh” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,175
“ú” frequency rank: #14,258
“uh” frequency rank: 58433
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ú	uh
Definition	onde	expressa que algo não tem aprovação, é desaprovado, é reprovado, está desagradando

Letter map: ú vs uh

Shared letters muted; letters that set ú and uh apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

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Grammar separator: ú vs uh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ú is anadverb and uhanintj. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58433, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ú is recorded at frequency rank #44,175, classified as anadv. uh is at rank #14,258, tagged as anintj.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 58433, this pair ranks #8,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ú vs uh

Shared letters: none. Private to "ú": ú. Private to "uh": hu.

"ú" · 1 letters · shape V · "uh" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ú" and "uh" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ú" is an adverb and "uh" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary Portuguese text, does "ú" or "uh" show up more?

"uh" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,258 in our Portuguese list, against #44,175 for "ú". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "ú" and "uh".

Full dictionary entry for "ú" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "uh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #8,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ú" and "uh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs UBS". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #8,741 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.