-douro

suffix

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - forma adjetivos sobre base verbal indicando potencialidade

Corpus desk

Index PT-douro · -douro · Portuguese

-douro · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" 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 -douro
PropertyValue
Headword-douro
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “-douro” em português

-dourofica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

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

Rare enough to double-check

-douro is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for -douro, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is -douro, spelled --D-O-U-R-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    forma adjetivos sobre base verbal indicando potencialidade
  2. 2
    forma substantivos a partir de uma base verbal com função locativa
  3. 3
    forma substantivos de ação ou dando nome a utensílios

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-douro"?
"-douro" is spelled --D-O-U-R-O.
What does "-douro" mean?
As a suffix, "-douro" means: forma adjetivos sobre base verbal indicando potencialidade
What language does "-douro" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list