ruído

/ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation)

//ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation)/ noun

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The verdict

“ruído” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #8,260. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,260
frequency rank, Portuguese
963
“R” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - som de pouca intensidade, confuso

Corpus desk

Index PT-ruido · ruído · Portuguese

ruído · rank #8,260 · 6 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,260
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 963
  • PHOTO-FINISH say

Nearest frequency peer: say (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “ruído”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “ruído” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ruído vs ruim
40% similar
ruído vs rumo
60% similar
ruído vs ruir
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ruído
PropertyValue
Headwordruído
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation)
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,260
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “ruído”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).ruídocai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “say” (#8,261), “recusar” (#8,253), “temporal” (#8,268). Entre 963 lemas com “R”, “ruído” fica em #8,260. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around ruído (IPA /ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation)), anoun. Corpus frequency is #8,260 among 963 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for ruído, with forms such as "rruído", "rudío", and "ruíddo". 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. It also participates in 17 confusable-pair relationships, "ruim", "rumo", "ruir", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is ruído, spelled R-U-Í-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    som de pouca intensidade, confuso
  2. 2
    som produzido pelo choque entre objetos; estrondo; estrépito
  3. 3
    qualquer som sem harmonia
  4. 4
    boato
  5. 5
    som desordenado de muitas vozes; alvoroço
  6. 6
    tumulto
  7. 7
    ato que atrai o público; escândalo
  8. 8
    grande pompa; ostentação
  9. 9
    som indesejado ou impertinente à música
  10. 10
    qualquer distúrbio ou perturbação da informação transmitida
  11. 11
    som da auscultação
  12. 12
    qualquer sinal ou corrente elétrica indesejada num circuito eletrônico

Synonyms

abastidaatroadabarulhoestrompidomubazorestolheira

Antonyms

calmasilênciosossego

This word in other languages

noise(English)bruit(Français)Lärm(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rruído
  • rudío
  • ruíddo
  • ruíod
  • ríudo
  • urído

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ruído - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

rruído1rudío2ruíddo1ruíod2ríudo2urído2
Edit distance from "ruído"

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 "ruído"?
"ruído" is spelled R-U-Í-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation).
What does "ruído" mean?
As a noun, "ruído" means: som de pouca intensidade, confuso
What words are commonly confused with "ruído"?
"ruído" is commonly confused with "ruim", "rumo", "ruir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ruído"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ruído" is /ʁuˈi.du/ [hʊˈi.du], AFI: /ˈʁwi.du/ [ˈhwi.du] (coloquial) (faster pronunciation). Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ruído" come from?
"ruído" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nelas#8,231botar#8,299farol#8,197grato#8,345

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

odiar6 variantsSudão6 variantssábio6 variantsarruda6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list