-douro
The verdict
“-douro” is outside the top-ranked Portuguese vocabulary, used as a suffix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - forma adjetivos sobre base verbal indicando potencialidade
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -douro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “-douro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for -douro is 6 letters long, classified as a suffix. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1forma adjetivos sobre base verbal indicando potencialidade
- 2forma substantivos a partir de uma base verbal com função locativa
- 3forma 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.
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Using “-douro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is --D-O-U-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.