padecer
/pɐ.dɨ.ˈseɾ/
The verdict
“padecer” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #76,580 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,580
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sofrer
Corpus desk
Index PT-padecer · padecer · Portuguese
padecer · rank #76,580 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,580
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH ordinariamente
Nearest frequency peer: ordinariamente (-6 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 “padecer”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- opposite
opposite
23,431 corpus weight
- opt
opt
23,430 corpus weight
- ordinariame…
ordinariamente
23,427 corpus weight
- padecer
padecer
23,421 corpus weight
- parvoíce
parvoíce
23,415 corpus weight
- passarinha
passarinha
23,413 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “padecer” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | padecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɐ.dɨ.ˈseɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #76,580 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “padecer” em português
Rare enough to double-check
padecer is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #76,580 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɐ.dɨ.ˈseɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sofrer".
padecer has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is padecer, spelled P-A-D-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1sofrer
This word in other languages
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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