uns vs ur, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“uns” is an article and “ur” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#485
“uns” frequency rank: #33,653
“ur” frequency rank: 34138
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	uns	ur
Definition	alguns; certas pessoas	aquático, da água

Letter map: uns vs ur

Shared letters muted; letters that set uns and ur apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

uns

2 ch

Role in the sentence - uns and ur

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: uns is anarticle and uranadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34138, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

uns is recorded at frequency rank #485, classified as anarticle. ur is at rank #33,653, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ur/.

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 34138, this pair ranks #33,213 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of uns vs ur

Shared letters: u. Private to "uns": ns. Private to "ur": r.

"uns" · 3 letters · shape VCC · "ur" · 2 letters · shape VC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "uns" and "ur" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "uns" is an article and "ur" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "uns" or "ur"?

"uns" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #485 in our Portuguese list, against #33,653 for "ur". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "uns" and "ur". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "uns" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #33,213 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"uns" and "ur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ú vs ur". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #33,213 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.