urdu

/uɾ.ˈdu/

//uɾ.ˈdu// noun

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The verdict

“urdu” has 5 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #34,504. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#34,504
frequency rank, Portuguese
147
“U” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - língua indo-ariana falada no Paquistão e na Caxemira

Corpus desk

Index PT-urdu · urdu · Portuguese

urdu · rank #34,504 · 5 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #34,504
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 147
  • PHOTO-FINISH trombeta

Nearest frequency peer: trombeta (-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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “urdu”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “urdu” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

urdu vs ur
50% similar
urdu vs und
50% similar
urdu vs urca
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for urdu
PropertyValue
Headwordurdu
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/uɾ.ˈdu/
Letters4
Frequency rank#34,504
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “urdu”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.urducai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “trombeta” (#34,500), “trigésimo” (#34,498), “trenó” (#34,496). Entre 147 lemas com “U”, “urdu” fica em #34,504. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around urdu (IPA /uɾ.ˈdu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #34,504 among 147 “U” headwords. Dominant gloss: "língua indo-ariana falada no Paquistão e na Caxemira".

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for urdu, with forms such as "rudu", "udru", and "urddu". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ur", "und", "urca", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is urdu, spelled U-R-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    língua indo-ariana falada no Paquistão e na Caxemira

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Além disso, ele é fluente em árabe, inglês, urdu e baluchi - um dialeto do Paquistão.

This word in other languages

Urdu(English)urdu(Español)ourdou(Français)Urdu(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • rudu
  • udru
  • urddu
  • urrdu
  • urud

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of urdu - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

rudu2udru2urddu1urrdu1urud2
Edit distance from "urdu"

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 "urdu"?
"urdu" is spelled U-R-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is /uɾ.ˈdu/.
What does "urdu" mean?
As a noun, "urdu" means: língua indo-ariana falada no Paquistão e na Caxemira
What words are commonly confused with "urdu"?
"urdu" is commonly confused with "ur", "und", "urca". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "urdu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "urdu" is /uɾ.ˈdu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "urdu" come from?
"urdu" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

task#34,487ócio#34,525seat#34,459Atom#34,578

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

feno5 variantsjoin5 variantslipa5 variantscute5 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list