padrasto
/pɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tu/
The verdict
“padrasto” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #12,740 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #12,740
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - marido da mãe ou do pai que não é o pai do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | padrasto |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tu/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #12,740 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “padrasto” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for padrasto is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #12,740 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "marido da mãe ou do pai que não é o pai do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for padrasto, with forms such as "apdrasto", "padarsto", and "paddrasto". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "padrão", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is padrasto, spelled P-A-D-R-A-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1marido da mãe ou do pai que não é o pai do(a) filho(a) desta ou deste
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apdrasto,padarsto,paddrasto,padrasot,padrassto,padrastto,padratso,padrrasto,padrsato,pardasto,pdarasto,ppadrasto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of padrasto - 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.
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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Using “padrasto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-D-R-A-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐ.ˈdɾaʃ.tu/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “padrão” - see the side-by-side comparison. padrasto vs padrão
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.