apedrejamento

noun

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The verdict

“apedrejamento” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #53,139 among 4,352 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,139
frequency rank, Portuguese
4,352
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de apedrejar; lançamento de pedras contra pessoa, animal, veículo ou propriedade

Key facts for apedrejamento
PropertyValue
Headwordapedrejamento
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#53,139
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “apedrejamento” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). apedrejamento lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

apedrejamento is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #53,139 among 4,352 “A” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for apedrejamento in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, 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 apedrejamento, spelled A-P-E-D-R-E-J-A-M-E-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de apedrejar; lançamento de pedras contra pessoa, animal, veículo ou propriedade
  2. 2
    execução ou punição por arremesso de pedras; pena capital por lapidação
  3. 3
    agressão coletiva caracterizada pelo arremesso de pedras

Synonyms

lapidaçãoapedrejamento coletivoapedrejamento público

Antonyms

absolviçãoperdãoproteçãopacificação

This word in other languages

stoning(English)lapidación(Español)lapidation(Français)

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 "apedrejamento"?
"apedrejamento" is spelled A-P-E-D-R-E-J-A-M-E-N-T-O.
What does "apedrejamento" mean?
As a noun, "apedrejamento" means: ato ou efeito de apedrejar; lançamento de pedras contra pessoa, animal, veículo ou propriedade
What language does "apedrejamento" come from?
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Using “apedrejamento”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is A-P-E-D-R-E-J-A-M-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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