sacudir
The verdict
“sacudir” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #24,450 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #24,450
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 7
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento
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 | sacudir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #24,450 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sacudir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for sacudir is 7 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #24,450 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 10 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for sacudir, with forms such as "ascudir", "saccudir", and "sacduir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "saudar", 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 sacudir, spelled S-A-C-U-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento
- 2abanar ou mover, ora para um, ora para outro lado
- 3limpar agitando; bater para limpar
- 4deitar fora por meio de movimentos repetidos; deitar abaixo; fazer cair
- 5(Derivação: sentido figurado) impressionar vivamente; agitar, abalar, comover
- 6(Derivação: sentido figurado) dar incentivo a; estimular, incentivar
- 7mover-se com requebros; saracotear-se
- 8ir-se embora
- 9livrar-se de; jogar, atirar (para fora ou para longe); arremessar
- 10(Derivação: sentido figurado) afastar de si, repelir, pôr fora; expulsar
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ascudir,saccudir,sacduir,sacuddir,sacudirr,sacudri,sacuidr,saucdir,scaudir,ssacudir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of sacudir - 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 “sacudir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-C-U-D-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “saudar” - see the side-by-side comparison. sacudir vs saudar
- 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.