sacudir

verb

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The verdict

“sacudir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,450. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,450
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - agitar(-se) em vários sentidos, forte e sucessivamente; fazer tremer, estremecer(-se); pôr em movimento

Corpus desk

Index PT-sacudir · sacudir · Portuguese

sacudir · rank #24,450 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #24,450
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH saborear

Nearest frequency peer: saborear (-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 “sacudir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “sacudir” 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).

sacudir vs saudar
71% similar

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

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

Frequência do íman ortográfico “sacudir”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.sacudircai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “saborear” (#24,449), “sarcástico” (#24,452), “rider” (#24,447). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “sacudir” fica em #24,450. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around sacudir, averb. Corpus frequency is #24,450 among 1,185 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 10 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

  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

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how sacudir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. ventania que sacode os galhos das árvores
  2. o mar está forte, as ondas sacodem-se

Synonyms

chocalharcomoverestimular

Antonyms

estimular

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.

ascudir2saccudir1sacduir2sacuddir1sacudirr1sacudri2sacuidr2saucdir2
Edit distance from "sacudir"

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 "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. 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 "sacudir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

soprano#24,460tiragem#24,473modular#24,398milénio#24,392

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

alecrim10 variantsmeditar10 variantshortelã10 variantsexatidão10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list