# Purdue

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #17,697

## Definitions
1. A surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English Purdew, Purdeu, from French pour (“for”) + Dieu (“God”), an oath name.

## Easily confused with
- **pure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-pure)
- **purse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-purse)
- **purge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-purge)
- **purdy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-purdy)
- **purple** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-purple)
- **pursue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-pursue)
- **pursued** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/purdue-vs-pursued)
- **puddle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/puddle-vs-purdue)
- **perdue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/perdue-vs-purdue)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ppurdue`, `prudue`, `pudrue`, `purddue`, `purdeu`, `purrdue`, `purude`, `uprdue`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/purdue