ludita

noun

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The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - operário que se opunha aos automatismos

Corpus desk

Index PT-ludita · ludita · Portuguese

ludita · 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 "L" 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 ludita
PropertyValue
Headwordludita
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “ludita” sits in Portuguese frequency

ludita 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

ludita is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "operário que se opunha aos automatismos".

No misspelling variants are generated for ludita in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ludita, spelled L-U-D-I-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    operário que se opunha aos automatismos

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how ludita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Os luditas invadiam as fábricas e destruíam as máquinas têxteis, acreditando que estas eram a causa do desemprego.»

This word in other languages

Luddite(English)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ludita"?
"ludita" is spelled L-U-D-I-T-A.
What does "ludita" mean?
As a noun, "ludita" means: operário que se opunha aos automatismos
What language does "ludita" come from?
"ludita" 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