ú vs uni, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#44,175
“ú” frequency rank: #18,214
“uni” frequency rank: 62389
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	ú	uni
Definition	onde	primeira pessoa do singular do pretérito perfeito do indicativo do verbo unir

Letter map: ú vs uni

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

1 ch

3 ch

uni

Grammar separator: ú vs uni

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ú is anadverb and uniaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62389, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ú is recorded at frequency rank #44,175, classified as anadv. uni is at rank #18,214, tagged as averb, pronounced /ʊ.ˈni/.

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 62389, this pair ranks #6,695 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of ú vs uni

Shared letters: none. Private to "ú": ú. Private to "uni": inu.

"ú" · 1 letters · shape V · "uni" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ú" and "uni" mean the same thing in a sentence?

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

Frequency check: "ú" vs "uni" - which ranks higher?

"uni" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,214 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "ú" vs "uni" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "ú" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "uni" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #6,695 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"ú" and "uni" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs UBS". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #6,695 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.