urdu

[ˈuɾð̞u]

/[ˈuɾð̞u]/ noun

The verdict

“urdu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,262 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,262
frequency rank, Spanish
448
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de Jammu y Cachemira y Andhra Pradesh, en India.

Corpus desk

Index ES-urdu · urdu · Spanish

urdu · rank #53,262 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,262
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 448
  • PHOTO-FINISH uti

Nearest frequency peer: uti (+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 “urdu”

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 “urdu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for urdu
PropertyValue
Headwordurdu
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈuɾð̞u]
Letters4
Frequency rank#53,262
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “urdu” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.urducae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “uti” (#53,263), “tumbos” (#53,260), “tropezado” (#53,259). Entre 448 lemas con “U”, “urdu” va en #53,262. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

urdu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,262 among 448 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuɾð̞u]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de Jammu y Cachemira y Andhra Pradesh, en India.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for urdu, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is urdu, spelled U-R-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de Jammu y Cachemira y Andhra Pradesh, en India.

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 "urdu"?
"urdu" is spelled U-R-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈuɾð̞u].
What does "urdu" mean?
As a noun, "urdu" means: Idioma de la familia indoirania que se escribe en caracteres árabes. Es oficial en Pakistán y los estados de Jammu y Cachemira y Andhra Pradesh, en India.
How do you pronounce "urdu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urdu" is [ˈuɾð̞u]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urdu" come from?
"urdu" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list