Sudene
/suˈdẽ.ni/
The verdict
“Sudene” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #63,859 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,859
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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 ...
| 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) |
Where “Sudene” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Sudene is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #63,859 among 2,603 “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
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 “Sudene”
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- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-D-E-N-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /suˈdẽ.ni/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.