nude
The verdict
“nude” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #21,253 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,253
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nude |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #21,253 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nude” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for nude is 4 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,253 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for nude, with forms such as "ndue", "nnude", and "nudde". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "num", "nur", "nun", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is nude, spelled N-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1tonalidade que semelhante à cor de pele dá impressão que se está nu na região que tal está presente
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ndue,nnude,nudde,nued,unde
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of nude - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “nude”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is N-U-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “num” - see the side-by-side comparison. nude vs num
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.