padre

/ˈpa.dɾɨ/

//ˈpa.dɾɨ// noun

The verdict

“padre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,580
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - membro da igreja católica; sacerdote

Corpus desk

Index PT-padre · padre · Portuguese

padre · rank #1,580 · 7 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,580
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pede

Nearest frequency peer: pede (+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 “padre”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “padre” 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).

padre vs par
60% similar
padre vs para
60% similar
padre vs pede
60% similar

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

Key facts for padre
PropertyValue
Headwordpadre
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpa.dɾɨ/
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,580
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “padre”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.padrecai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pede” (#1,581), “máximo” (#1,578), “pobre” (#1,582). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “padre” fica em #1,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around padre (IPA /ˈpa.dɾɨ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,580 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for padre, with forms such as "apdre", "paddre", and "pader". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "par", "para", "pede", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 padre, spelled P-A-D-R-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    membro da igreja católica; sacerdote
  2. 2
    pai

Synonyms

padreca

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • apdre
  • paddre
  • pader
  • padrre
  • parde
  • pdare
  • ppadre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of padre - 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.

apdre2paddre1pader2padrre1parde2pdare2ppadre1
Edit distance from "padre"

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 "padre"?
"padre" is spelled P-A-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpa.dɾɨ/.
What does "padre" mean?
As a noun, "padre" means: membro da igreja católica; sacerdote
What words are commonly confused with "padre"?
"padre" is commonly confused with "par", "para", "pede". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "padre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "padre" is /ˈpa.dɾɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "padre" come from?
"padre" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "padre", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list