pudico
/pu.ˈdi.ku/
The verdict
“pudico” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - casto, recatado
Corpus desk
Index PT-pudico · pudico · Portuguese
pudico · 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 "P" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pudico |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pu.ˈdi.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pudico” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pudico is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pu.ˈdi.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "casto, recatado".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pudico, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 pudico, spelled P-U-D-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1casto, recatado
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pudico appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Rohmer, sempre tão pudico, jamais filmaria as cenas de sexo de "Na Cama".
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.