-udo

suffix

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The verdict

“-udo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - sufixo formador de adjetivos, dando a ideia de abundância

Corpus desk

Index PT-udo · -udo · Portuguese

-udo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "-" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for -udo
PropertyValue
Headword-udo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechSuffix
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “-udo” sits in Portuguese frequency

-udo falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

-udo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sufixo formador de adjetivos, dando a ideia de abundância".

No generated misspelling entries exist for -udo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is -udo, spelled --U-D-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    sufixo formador de adjetivos, dando a ideia de abundância

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Barbudo, pontudo, gostosuda, tesuda.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "-udo"?
"-udo" is spelled --U-D-O.
What does "-udo" mean?
As a suffix, "-udo" means: sufixo formador de adjetivos, dando a ideia de abundância
What language does "-udo" come from?
"-udo" 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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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list