acudir

/ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ/

//ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ// verb

The verdict

“acudir” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,236 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,236
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ir em auxílio; socorrer; responder a apelo

Corpus desk

Index PT-acudir · acudir · Portuguese

acudir · rank #65,236 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,236
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH admiravelmente

Nearest frequency peer: admiravelmente (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “acudir”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “acudir” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for acudir
PropertyValue
Headwordacudir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#65,236
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “acudir” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).acudircai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “admiravelmente” (#65,239), “abrasivo” (#65,232), “afasia” (#65,242). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “acudir” fica em #65,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

acudir is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,236 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

acudir has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is acudir, spelled A-C-U-D-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ir em auxílio; socorrer; responder a apelo
  2. 2
    convergir; apresentar-se; afluir
  3. 3
    lembrar-se, recordar-se
  4. 4
    responder, retorquir, respingar

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how acudir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Se lá de cima a Guarda soberana / Não acudir à fraca força humana?
  2. Ao repicar dos sinos, acudiram todos ao terreiro.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "acudir"?
"acudir" is spelled A-C-U-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ/.
What does "acudir" mean?
As a verb, "acudir" means: ir em auxílio; socorrer; responder a apelo
How do you pronounce "acudir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "acudir" is /ɐ.ku.ˈdiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list