sudoku
/su.do.ˈku/ ou /su.ˈdo.ku/
The verdict
“sudoku” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #60,042 among 2,603 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,042
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 2,603
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - desafio semelhante ao de palavras cruzadas, porém com números, que consiste em relacionar numerais de 1 a 9 em três quadrados verticais e três horizontais cada um contendo nove quadros onde os núme...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sudoku |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /su.do.ˈku/ ou /su.ˈdo.ku/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,042 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sudoku” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sudoku is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #60,042 among 2,603 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /su.do.ˈku/ ou /su.ˈdo.ku/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "desafio semelhante ao de palavras cruzadas, porém com números, que consiste em relacionar numerais de 1 a 9 em três quadrados verticais e três horizontais cada um contendo nove quadros onde os núme...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sudoku in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is sudoku, spelled S-U-D-O-K-U.
Definition
- 1desafio semelhante ao de palavras cruzadas, porém com números, que consiste em relacionar numerais de 1 a 9 em três quadrados verticais e três horizontais cada um contendo nove quadros onde os números são escritos, formando assim nove fileiras em ambos os sentidos, de modo que nenhum dos números pode se repetir nem dentro de cada quadrado nem em cada fileira onde apenas uma solução é possível, tendo vários graus de dificuldade
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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 “sudoku”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is S-U-D-O-K-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /su.do.ˈku/ ou /su.ˈdo.ku/ (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.