Suda
/ˈsu.də/
"suda" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Suda” is uncommon English (frequency #86,805 among 54,294 “S” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,805
- frequency rank, English
- 54,294
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “Suda” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Suda is uncommon English at frequency #86,805 among 54,294 “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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Using “Suda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is S-U-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈsu.də/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.