Sudene
/suˈdẽ.ni/
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
- sintagma
sintagma
36,157 corpus weight
- Sudene
Sudene
36,142 corpus weight
- tamboril
tamboril
36,138 corpus weight
- Tanzania
Tanzania
36,136 corpus weight
- trabalheira
trabalheira
36,123 corpus weight
- travessura
travessura
36,121 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “Sudene” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Sudene |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | /suˈdẽ.ni/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #63,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “Sudene” em português
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
- 1siglema 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 exampleThese source excerpts show how Sudene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
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