PDX
"pdx" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“PDX” is uncommon English (frequency #54,385 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,385
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Portland, Oregon.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pdx · PDX · English
PDX · rank #54,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,385
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-0 0 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH pecuniary
Nearest frequency peer: pecuniary (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “PDX”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- patella
patella
45,622 corpus weight
- pattie
pattie
45,620 corpus weight
- paymaster
paymaster
45,619 corpus weight
- PDX
PDX
45,616 corpus weight
- pecuniary
pecuniary
45,615 corpus weight
- peeler
peeler
45,613 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “PDX” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | PDX |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #54,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “PDX” in English
Rare enough to double-check
PDX is uncommon English at frequency #54,385 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for PDX in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Portland International Airport’s IATA airport code PDX, by extension. The correct English form is PDX, spelled P-D-X.
Definition
- 1Portland, Oregon.
- 2Abbreviation of Paradox Interactive.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how PDX appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The first line ran along I-84 to downtown PDX (we should learn our lessons from this route, as it made NE Burnside Ave. a poor route for cars, an unsafe route for bicyclists/pedestrians[...]Maybe it could have avoided downtown PDX, if we'd have known how conveniently streetcars can move people through several developed neighborhoods[...]
Launch Pad is one of the hippest, hottest galleries in PDX, a place where the artists go to check each other out.
Etymology
From Portland International Airport’s IATA airport code PDX, by extension.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).