sudoku

[suˈð̞oku]

/[suˈð̞oku]/ noun

The verdict

“sudoku” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,326 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,326
frequency rank, Spanish
4,169
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasatiempo popular cuyo objetivo es rellenar una cuadrícula de 9 × 9 celdas (81 casillas) dividida en subcuadrículas de 3 × 3 (también llamadas "cajas" o "regiones") con las cifras del 1 al 9 parti...

Corpus desk

Index ES-sudoku · sudoku · Spanish

sudoku · rank #72,326 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,326
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,169
  • PHOTO-FINISH suburbanas

Nearest frequency peer: suburbanas (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “sudoku”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sudoku” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for sudoku
PropertyValue
Headwordsudoku
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[suˈð̞oku]
Letters6
Frequency rank#72,326
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “sudoku” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).sudokucae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “suburbanas” (#72,325), “sumate” (#72,327), “sumos” (#72,328). Entre 4,169 lemas con “S”, “sudoku” va en #72,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

sudoku is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,326 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [suˈð̞oku]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pasatiempo popular cuyo objetivo es rellenar una cuadrícula de 9 × 9 celdas (81 casillas) dividida en subcuadrículas de 3 × 3 (también llamadas "cajas" o "regiones") con las cifras del 1 al 9 parti...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sudoku, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is sudoku, spelled S-U-D-O-K-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pasatiempo popular cuyo objetivo es rellenar una cuadrícula de 9 × 9 celdas (81 casillas) dividida en subcuadrículas de 3 × 3 (también llamadas "cajas" o "regiones") con las cifras del 1 al 9 partiendo de algunos números ya dispuestos en algunas de las celdas. No se debe repetir ninguna cifra en una misma fila, columna o subcuadrícula.

This word in other languages

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sudoku"?
"sudoku" is spelled S-U-D-O-K-U. The IPA pronunciation is [suˈð̞oku].
What does "sudoku" mean?
As a noun, "sudoku" means: Pasatiempo popular cuyo objetivo es rellenar una cuadrícula de 9 × 9 celdas (81 casillas) dividida en subcuadrículas de 3 × 3 (también llamadas "cajas" o "regiones") con las cifras del 1 al 9 parti...
How do you pronounce "sudoku"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "sudoku" is [suˈð̞oku]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "sudoku" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "sudoku", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list