Suda
/ˈsu.də/
"suda" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Suda” is uncommon English (frequency #86,805 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,805
- frequency rank, English
- 6,566
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterran...
Corpus desk
Index EN-suda · Suda · English
Suda · rank #86,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,805
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,566
- PHOTO-FINISH subdomain
Nearest frequency peer: subdomain (-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 “Suda”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- stomper
stomper
13,202 corpus weight
- subacute
subacute
13,199 corpus weight
- subdomain
subdomain
13,197 corpus weight
- Suda
Suda
13,196 corpus weight
- Sule
Sule
13,195 corpus weight
- sunstone
sunstone
13,191 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Suda” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Suda |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈsu.də/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Suda” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Suda is uncommon English at frequency #86,805 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈsu.də/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterran...".
No misspelling variants are generated for Suda in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sūda, from Byzantine Greek Σοῦδᾰ (Soûdă). The correct English form is Suda, spelled S-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1A comprehensive 10th-century Byzantine encyclopaedia, written in Greek, containing approximately 30,000 entries on historical, biographical, literary, and lexical topics from the ancient Mediterranean world.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin Sūda, from Byzantine Greek Σοῦδᾰ (Soûdă).
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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