sacudir

verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,450

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

sacudir is aPortugueseverb. It means: agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento Often confused with saudar.

Key facts for sacudir
PropertyValue
Headwordsacudir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,450
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of sacudir in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for sacudir is 7 letters long, classified as averb. 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for sacudir, with forms such as "ascudir", "saccudir", and "sacduir". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "saudar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is sacudir, spelled S-A-C-U-D-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento
  2. 2
    abanar ou mover, ora para um, ora para outro lado
  3. 3
    limpar agitando; bater para limpar
  4. 4
    deitar fora por meio de movimentos repetidos; deitar abaixo; fazer cair
  5. 5
    (Derivação: sentido figurado) impressionar vivamente; agitar, abalar, comover
  6. 6
    (Derivação: sentido figurado) dar incentivo a; estimular, incentivar
  7. 7
    mover-se com requebros; saracotear-se
  8. 8
    ir-se embora
  9. 9
    livrar-se de; jogar, atirar (para fora ou para longe); arremessar
  10. 10
    (Derivação: sentido figurado) afastar de si, repelir, pôr fora; expulsar

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ascudir,saccudir,sacduir,sacuddir,sacudirr,sacudri,sacuidr,saucdir,scaudir,ssacudir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for sacudir

Misspelling Variants of "sacudir"

ascudir7saccudir8sacduir7sacuddir8sacudirr8sacudri7sacuidr7saucdir7
Misspelling Variants of "sacudir"

Frequency rank: #24,450 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "sacudir"?
"sacudir" is spelled S-A-C-U-D-I-R.
What does "sacudir" mean?
As a verb, "sacudir" means: agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento
What words are commonly confused with "sacudir"?
"sacudir" is commonly confused with "saudar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "sacudir" come from?
"sacudir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.