duodeno
/du.ɔ.ˈdɛ.nu/
The verdict
“duodeno” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,466 among 2,399 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,466
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,399
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - zona inicial do intestino delgado, entre o estômago e o jejuno
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duodeno |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /du.ɔ.ˈdɛ.nu/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,466 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “duodeno” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
duodeno is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,466 among 2,399 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /du.ɔ.ˈdɛ.nu/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zona inicial do intestino delgado, entre o estômago e o jejuno".
Zero misspellings are on record for duodeno in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is duodeno, spelled D-U-O-D-E-N-O.
Definition
- 1zona inicial do intestino delgado, entre o estômago e o jejuno
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “duodeno”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is D-U-O-D-E-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /du.ɔ.ˈdɛ.nu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.