audit

/ˈɔː.dɪt/

//ˈɔː.dɪt// noun

The verdict

“audit” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #98,445 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,445
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - auditoria

Key facts for audit
PropertyValue
Headwordaudit
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɔː.dɪt/
Letters5
Frequency rank#98,445
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “audit” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). audit lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

audit is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #98,445 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɔː.dɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "auditoria".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for audit, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 audit, spelled A-U-D-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    auditoria

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 "audit"?
"audit" is spelled A-U-D-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɔː.dɪt/.
What does "audit" mean?
As a noun, "audit" means: auditoria
How do you pronounce "audit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "audit" is /ˈɔː.dɪt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "audit" come from?
"audit" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “audit”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-U-D-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as /ˈɔː.dɪt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list