uaivsundTell them apart

Quick tell: uai is a intj, und is a conjunction, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“uai” is an intj and “und” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,566
“uai” frequency rank
#29,551
“und” frequency rank
67117
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature uai und
Definition expressa surpresa, espanto ou suscita dúvida (conjunção coordenativa) e.

Letter map: uai vs und

Shared letters muted; letters that set uai and und apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
uai
3 ch
und

Part-of-speech tell for uai / und

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: uai is anintj and undaconjunction. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67117, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uai is recorded at frequency rank #37,566, classified as anintj. und is at rank #29,551, tagged as aconj, pronounced /ʊnt/.

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 67117, this pair ranks #4,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of uai vs und

Shared letters: u. Private to "uai": ai. Private to "und": dn.

"uai" · 3 letters · shape VVV  ·  "und" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "uai" for "und" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "uai" is an intj and "und" a conjunction, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "uai" vs "und" - which ranks higher?
"und" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,551 in our Portuguese list, against #37,566 for "uai". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "uai" and "und". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "uai" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "und" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #4,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "uai" and "und" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs uai". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #4,747 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list