# Rodrigues

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,880

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic
2. An outer island of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean.

## Etymology
From Portuguese Rodrigues (“son of Rodrigo”). Also from Spanish Rodrigues, variant spelling of Rodríguez. The island is named after Portuguese explorer Diogo Rodrigues (c. 1490–1577).

## Easily confused with
- **Rodriguez** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rodrigues-vs-rodriguez)

## Common misspellings (13)
`ordrigues`, `rdorigues`, `roddrigues`, `rodirgues`, `rodrgiues`, `rodrigeus`, `rodriggues`, `rodriguess`, `rodriguse`, `rodriuges`, `rodrrigues`, `rordigues`, `rrodrigues`

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