nódoa
/ˈnɔ.dwɐ/
The verdict
“nódoa” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,670 among 881 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,670
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 881
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mancha, laivo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nódoa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈnɔ.dwɐ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,670 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nódoa” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nódoa is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,670 among 881 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈnɔ.dwɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
nódoa doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is nódoa, spelled N-Ó-D-O-A.
Definition
- 1mancha, laivo
- 2desonra, afronta, ignomínia
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 “nódoa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-Ó-D-O-A - 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.