# Urdu

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʊəˌduː/ · frequency rank #20,807

## Definitions
1. Modern Standard Urdu, an Indo-Aryan language with native speakers mainly in Pakistan and North India. It is a standardized and Persianized version of Hindustani.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani (see Urdu اُرْدُو (urdū) and Hindi उर्दू (urdū)), from Classical Persian اُرْدُو (urdū), from Proto-Turkic *ordu (“army, camp”) ( > Azerbaijani ordu, Turkish ordu, Turkmen oorda). Doublet of horde and orda.

## Easily confused with
- **UU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-uu)
- **USD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-usd)
- **URL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-url)
- **Uri** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-uri)
- **urn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-urn)
- **utd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-utd)
- **urs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-urs)
- **ure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-ure)
- **uwu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-uwu)
- **urge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-urge)
- **USDA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-usda)
- **urea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-urea)
- **uric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/urdu-vs-uric)
- **ur** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ur-vs-urdu)
- **UD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ud-vs-urdu)
- **und** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/und-vs-urdu)
- **UDP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/udp-vs-urdu)
- **UHD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uhd-vs-urdu)
- **undo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/undo-vs-urdu)
- **Ural** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ural-vs-urdu)

## Common misspellings (5)
`rudu`, `udru`, `urddu`, `urrdu`, `urud`

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