apadrinhar
/ɐ.pɐ.dɾi.ˈɲaɾ/
The verdict
“apadrinhar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #99,433 among 1,900 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,433
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,900
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ser padrinho de
Corpus desk
Index PT-apadrinhar · apadrinhar · Portuguese
apadrinhar · rank #99,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,433
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,900
- PHOTO-FINISH anteceder
Nearest frequency peer: anteceder (-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 “apadrinhar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- Wesen
Wesen
640 corpus weight
- île
île
622 corpus weight
- afeiçoar
afeiçoar
598 corpus weight
- anteceder
anteceder
572 corpus weight
- apadrinhar
apadrinhar
568 corpus weight
- asseio
asseio
548 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “apadrinhar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apadrinhar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɐ.pɐ.dɾi.ˈɲaɾ/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “apadrinhar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
apadrinhar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #99,433 among 1,900 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ɐ.pɐ.dɾi.ˈɲaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apadrinhar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is apadrinhar, spelled A-P-A-D-R-I-N-H-A-R.
Definition
- 1ser padrinho de
- 2patrocinar
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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