andu
The verdict
“andu” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 4
- letters
Dominant Wiktionary sense: espécie de leguminosa arbustiva (Cajanus cajan) semi-perene (podendo durar até cinco anos), com um a três metros de altura, folhas largas e divididas em três e com pelos no verso, pétalas amarelas ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | andu |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɐ̃ˈdu/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “andu” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for andu is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɐ̃ˈdu/. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for andu in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 andu, spelled A-N-D-U, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1espécie de leguminosa arbustiva (Cajanus cajan) semi-perene (podendo durar até cinco anos), com um a três metros de altura, folhas largas e divididas em três e com pelos no verso, pétalas amarelas medindo 2 cm, vagens contendo duas a cinco sementes, comestíveis, cuja origem pode ser africana ou asiática, tendo sido domesticada há três mil anos e adaptada ao clima semiárido, geralmente cultivada em consórcio com outras culturas (especialmente milho) por sua grande capacidade de reter nitrogênio nas raízes
- 2as vagens ou sementes dessa leguminosa
- 3o prato feito com as sementes cozidas, temperada com cebola e toucinho fritos e outros condimentos, comum na culinária do Nordeste brasileiro
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Using “andu”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-N-D-U — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɐ̃ˈdu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Nearby Portuguese words
Other entries that begin with the letter A in our Portuguese index: