cudo

/ˈkuː.doː/

//ˈkuː.doː// verb

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The verdict

“cudo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
4
letters

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

Corpus desk

Index PT-cudo · cudo · Portuguese

cudo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "C" 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.

Key facts for cudo
PropertyValue
Headwordcudo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈkuː.doː/
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “cudo” sits in Portuguese frequency

cudo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

cudo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /ˈkuː.doː/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

cudo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is cudo, spelled C-U-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    bater.
  2. 2
    cunhar (moeda).

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "cudo"?
"cudo" is spelled C-U-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈkuː.doː/.
What does "cudo" mean?
As a verb, "cudo" means: bater.
How do you pronounce "cudo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "cudo" is /ˈkuː.doː/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "cudo" come from?
"cudo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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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