pudo

/[ˈpuð̞o]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#902

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pudo is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poder. Pronounced [ˈpuð̞o]. It ranks #902 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pum and pue.

Key facts for pudo
PropertyValue
Headwordpudo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpuð̞o]
Letters4
Frequency rank#902
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pudo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pudo is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpuð̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #902 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poder.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pudo, with forms such as "pduo", "ppudo", and "puddo". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pum", "pue", "put", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pudo, spelled P-U-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poder.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pduo,ppudo,puddo,puod,updo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pudo

Misspelling Variants of "pudo"

pduo4ppudo5puddo5puod4updo4
Misspelling Variants of "pudo"

Frequency rank: #902 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pudo"?
"pudo" is spelled P-U-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpuð̞o].
What does "pudo" mean?
As a verb, "pudo" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de poder.
What words are commonly confused with "pudo"?
"pudo" is commonly confused with "pum", "pue", "put". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pudo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pudo" is [ˈpuð̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pudo" come from?
"pudo" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.