podridão
/pu.dɾi.ˈdɐ̃w̃/
The verdict
“podridão” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,678. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #30,678
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - estado do que está podre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | podridão |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pu.dɾi.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #30,678 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “podridão” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around podridão (IPA /pu.dɾi.ˈdɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #30,678 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "estado do que está podre".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for podridão, with forms such as "opdridão", "pdoridão", and "poddridão". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is podridão, spelled P-O-D-R-I-D-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1estado do que está podre
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- opdridão
- pdoridão
- poddridão
- podirdão
- podrdião
- podriddão
- podridoã
- podriãdo
- podrridão
- pordidão
- ppodridão
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of podridão - 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 “podridão”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-O-D-R-I-D-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pu.dɾi.ˈdɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.