apodo
/a.ˈpo.du/
The verdict
“apodo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - apelido depreciativo
Corpus desk
Index PT-apodo · apodo · Portuguese
apodo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" 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 | apodo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /a.ˈpo.du/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apodo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apodo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /a.ˈpo.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for apodo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apodo, spelled A-P-O-D-O.
Definition
- 1apelido depreciativo
- 2comparação ridícula
- 3gracejo, zombaria
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.