padrão

noun

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The verdict

“padrão” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,471. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,471
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - monumento de pedra que os portugueses erigiam em terras que iam descobrindo

Corpus desk

Index PT-padrao · padrão · Portuguese

padrão · rank #1,471 · 8 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,471
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH mestre

Nearest frequency peer: mestre (-1 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 “padrão”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “padrão” 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).

padrão vs para
50% similar
padrão vs paro
67% similar
padrão vs parar
50% similar

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

Key facts for padrão
PropertyValue
Headwordpadrão
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,471
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “padrão”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).padrãocai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “mestre” (#1,470), “prazer” (#1,472), “prefeitura” (#1,473). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “padrão” fica em #1,471. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around padrão, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,471 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "monumento de pedra que os portugueses erigiam em terras que iam descobrindo".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for padrão, with forms such as "apdrão", "paddrão", and "padroã". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "para", "paro", "parar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is padrão, spelled P-A-D-R-Ã-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    monumento de pedra que os portugueses erigiam em terras que iam descobrindo

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Um padrão nesta terra alevantámos,

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apdrão
  • paddrão
  • padroã
  • padrrão
  • padãro
  • pardão
  • pdarão
  • ppadrão

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of padrão - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

apdrão2paddrão1padroã2padrrão1padãro2pardão2pdarão2ppadrão1
Edit distance from "padrão"

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 "padrão"?
"padrão" is spelled P-A-D-R-Ã-O.
What does "padrão" mean?
As a noun, "padrão" means: monumento de pedra que os portugueses erigiam em terras que iam descobrindo
What words are commonly confused with "padrão"?
"padrão" is commonly confused with "para", "paro", "parar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "padrão" come from?
"padrão" 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 "padrão", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mestre#1,470prazer#1,472carros#1,461buscar#1,484

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

google8 variantshumana8 variantsmenino8 variantsligação8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list