vudú

/[buˈð̞u]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#35,823

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

vudú is aSpanishnoun. It means: Religión que se originó a partir de las creencias que poseían los pueblos que fueron trasladados como esclavos desde el África Occidental y del contacto de estas creencias con la religión cristiana... Pronounced [buˈð̞u]. Often confused with vid and ved.

Key facts for vudú
PropertyValue
Headwordvudú
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[buˈð̞u]
Letters4
Frequency rank#35,823
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for vudú is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [buˈð̞u]. Corpus data places it at rank #35,823 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Religión que se originó a partir de las creencias que poseían los pueblos que fueron trasladados como esclavos desde el África Occidental y del contacto de estas creencias con la religión cristiana...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for vudú, with forms such as "budú", "uvdú", and "vduú". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "vid", "ved", "vida", 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 vudú, spelled V-U-D-Ú, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Religión que se originó a partir de las creencias que poseían los pueblos que fueron trasladados como esclavos desde el África Occidental y del contacto de estas creencias con la religión cristiana propia de los esclavistas. Se trata de una variante teísta de un sistema animista, provisto de un fuerte componente mágico. Por su vinculación directa con la cosmología y los sistemas de creencias neolíticos, su estudio resulta de gran interés en el campo de la paleoantropología. El vudú se cuenta entre las religiones más antiguas del mundo.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: budú,uvdú,vduú,vuddú,vuúd,vvudú

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for vudú

Misspelling Variants of "vudú"

budú4uvdú4vduú4vuddú5vuúd4vvudú5
Misspelling Variants of "vudú"

Frequency rank: #35,823 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "vudú"?
"vudú" is spelled V-U-D-Ú. The IPA pronunciation is [buˈð̞u].
What does "vudú" mean?
As a noun, "vudú" means: Religión que se originó a partir de las creencias que poseían los pueblos que fueron trasladados como esclavos desde el África Occidental y del contacto de estas creencias con la religión cristiana...
What words are commonly confused with "vudú"?
"vudú" is commonly confused with "vid", "ved", "vida". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "vudú"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "vudú" is [buˈð̞u]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "vudú" come from?
"vudú" 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.