saudoso
The verdict
“saudoso” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #41,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,716
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - aquele que deixou saudades nos que ficaram, porque partiu, para nunca mais voltar ou por morte física
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saudoso |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #41,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “saudoso” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around saudoso, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,716 among 2,603 “S” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for saudoso, with forms such as "asudoso", "saduoso", and "sauddoso". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is saudoso, spelled S-A-U-D-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1aquele que deixou saudades nos que ficaram, porque partiu, para nunca mais voltar ou por morte física
- 2aquele ou aquilo do qual se tem saudades, porque há muito tempo não é reencontrado ou visto
- 3aquele que sente saudade
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- asudoso
- saduoso
- sauddoso
- saudoos
- saudosso
- saudsoo
- sauodso
- ssaudoso
- suadoso
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of saudoso - 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 “saudoso”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-A-U-D-O-S-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.