apud

prep

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The verdict

“apud” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #40,428. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#40,428
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - palavra latina usada para citações indiretas (citar documentos que não foram obtidos diretamente, mas por meio de outras obras)

Corpus desk

Index PT-apud · apud · Portuguese

apud · rank #40,428 · 5 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #40,428
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH aporte

Nearest frequency peer: aporte (-1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “apud”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “apud” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

apud vs auf
50% similar
apud vs aqui
50% similar
apud vs azul
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for apud
PropertyValue
Headwordapud
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPreposition
Letters4
Frequency rank#40,428
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “apud”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.apudcai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “aporte” (#40,427), “arriba” (#40,431), “aparar” (#40,423). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “apud” fica em #40,428. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around apud, apreposition. Corpus frequency is #40,428 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for apud, with forms such as "apdu", "appud", and "apudd". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 19 confusable-pair relationships, "auf", "aqui", "azul", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is apud, spelled A-P-U-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    palavra latina usada para citações indiretas (citar documentos que não foram obtidos diretamente, mas por meio de outras obras)
  2. 2
    para referir-se onde se originou o documento citado

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. "O homem é precisamente o que ainda não é. O homem não se define pelo que é, mas pelo que deseja ser." (ORTEGA Y GASSET, 1963, apud SALVADOR, 1977, p. 160).
  2. Segundo Silva (1983 apud ABREU, 1999, p. 3) diz ser [ . . . ]

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apdu
  • appud
  • apudd
  • aupd
  • paud

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of apud - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

apdu2appud1apudd1aupd2paud2
Edit distance from "apud"

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 "apud"?
"apud" is spelled A-P-U-D.
What does "apud" mean?
As a preposition, "apud" means: palavra latina usada para citações indiretas (citar documentos que não foram obtidos diretamente, mas por meio de outras obras)
What words are commonly confused with "apud"?
"apud" is commonly confused with "auf", "aqui", "azul". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "apud" come from?
"apud" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

asno#40,433anca#40,417tuga#40,372took#40,361

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

tale5 variantskilo5 variantslavra5 variantsjarro5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list