ajuda

//a.ˈʒu.dɐ// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#360

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

ajuda is aPortuguesenoun. It means: ato ou efeito de ajudar Pronounced /a.ˈʒu.dɐ/. It ranks #360 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with aula and anda.

Key facts for ajuda
PropertyValue
Headwordajuda
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/a.ˈʒu.dɐ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#360
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of ajuda in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for ajuda is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /a.ˈʒu.dɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #360 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for ajuda, with forms such as "ajdua", "ajjuda", and "ajuad". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "aula", "anda", "aura", 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 Portuguese form is ajuda, spelled A-J-U-D-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de ajudar
  2. 2
    socorro, auxílio
  3. 3
    auxílio com apontamento, elucidação ou explicação procedimental que é fornecida junto a aplicação de computador

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ajdua,ajjuda,ajuad,ajudda,aujda,jauda

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for ajuda

Misspelling Variants of "ajuda"

ajdua5ajjuda6ajuad5ajudda6aujda5jauda5
Misspelling Variants of "ajuda"

Frequency rank: #360 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ajuda"?
"ajuda" is spelled A-J-U-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /a.ˈʒu.dɐ/.
What does "ajuda" mean?
As a noun, "ajuda" means: ato ou efeito de ajudar
What words are commonly confused with "ajuda"?
"ajuda" is commonly confused with "aula", "anda", "aura". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ajuda"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ajuda" is /a.ˈʒu.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ajuda" come from?
"ajuda" is a Portuguese 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.