Sudene

/suˈdẽ.ni/

//suˈdẽ.ni// abbrev

The verdict

“Sudene” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,859 among 1,185 “S” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,859
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,185
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - siglema composto pelas iniciais de Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste, órgão do governo federal brasileiro para lidar com a prevenção de estiagens no território que compreende os nove ...

Corpus desk

Index PT-sudene · Sudene · Portuguese

Sudene · rank #63,859 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #63,859
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,185
  • PHOTO-FINISH tamboril

Nearest frequency peer: tamboril (+4 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “Sudene”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Sudene” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Sudene
PropertyValue
HeadwordSudene
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA/suˈdẽ.ni/
Letters6
Frequency rank#63,859
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “Sudene” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.Sudenecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “tamboril” (#63,863), “Tanzania” (#63,865), “sintagma” (#63,844). Entre 1,185 lemas com “S”, “Sudene” fica em #63,859. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Sudene is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,859 among 1,185 “S” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed /suˈdẽ.ni/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "siglema composto pelas iniciais de Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste, órgão do governo federal brasileiro para lidar com a prevenção de estiagens no território que compreende os nove ...".

Zero misspellings are on record for Sudene in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is Sudene, spelled S-U-D-E-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    siglema composto pelas iniciais de Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste, órgão do governo federal brasileiro para lidar com a prevenção de estiagens no território que compreende os nove estados nordestinos e a região norte dos estados de Minas Gerais e Espírito Santo, criado em 1959 no governo Juscelino Kubitschek, extinto em 2001 e recriado em 2007

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Você tem a Sudene abrindo frentes / de trabalho de emergência, antes fechadas.

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 "Sudene"?
"Sudene" is spelled S-U-D-E-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is /suˈdẽ.ni/.
What does "Sudene" mean?
As an abbreviation, "Sudene" means: siglema composto pelas iniciais de Superintendência do Desenvolvimento do Nordeste, órgão do governo federal brasileiro para lidar com a prevenção de estiagens no território que compreende os nove ...
How do you pronounce "Sudene"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Sudene" is /suˈdẽ.ni/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Sudene" come from?
"Sudene" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list