prurido

/pɾu.ˈɾi.du/

//pɾu.ˈɾi.du// noun

The verdict

“prurido” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #58,737 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,737
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - irritação aguda e ardente na pele

Corpus desk

Index PT-prurido · prurido · Portuguese

prurido · rank #58,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,737
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH publisher

Nearest frequency peer: publisher (+1 rank slots)

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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “prurido”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “prurido” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for prurido
PropertyValue
Headwordprurido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pɾu.ˈɾi.du/
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,737
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “prurido” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pruridocai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “publisher” (#58,738), “rabiscar” (#58,744), “rasante” (#58,748). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “prurido” fica em #58,737. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prurido is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #58,737 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɾu.ˈɾi.du/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for prurido in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is prurido, spelled P-R-U-R-I-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    irritação aguda e ardente na pele
  2. 2
    desejo veemente
  3. 3
    hesitação

Synonyms

cafubiracomichão

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prurido"?
"prurido" is spelled P-R-U-R-I-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.ˈɾi.du/.
What does "prurido" mean?
As a noun, "prurido" means: irritação aguda e ardente na pele
How do you pronounce "prurido"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prurido" is /pɾu.ˈɾi.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prurido" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prurido", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list