saudade
\so.dad\
The verdict
“saudade” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment de solitude, de regret, après la perte de ce qui réjouissait le cœur : patrie, maison, amis ou amant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-saudade · saudade · French
saudade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saudade |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \so.dad\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
saudade is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \so.dad\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentiment de solitude, de regret, après la perte de ce qui réjouissait le cœur : patrie, maison, amis ou amant.".
No misspelling variants are generated for saudade in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is saudade, spelled S-A-U-D-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1Sentiment de solitude, de regret, après la perte de ce qui réjouissait le cœur : patrie, maison, amis ou amant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how saudade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si le migrant se reconnaît par rapport à un univers symbolique, il s’attend à ce que tous les autres Portugais aient les mêmes liens nostalgiques, qu’ils éprouvent comme lui l’intraduisible sentiment de saudade.
Connaître la saudade, c’est se survivre à soi-même, mort vivant : vivant dans le passé et comme mort en l’instant.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.