pardal
/pɐɾ.ˈdaɫ/
The verdict
“pardal” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #25,767 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #25,767
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 12
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nome genérico dado aos pequenos pássaros da família Passeridae, gênero Passer e Petronia
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 | pardal |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɐɾ.ˈdaɫ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #25,767 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 12 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pardal” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pardal is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɐɾ.ˈdaɫ/. Corpus data places it at rank #25,767 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nome genérico dado aos pequenos pássaros da família Passeridae, gênero Passer e Petronia".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pardal, with forms such as "aprdal", "padral", and "paradl". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "perda", "parra", "perdão", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No borrowing history is documented 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 pardal, spelled P-A-R-D-A-L.
Definition
- 1nome genérico dado aos pequenos pássaros da família Passeridae, gênero Passer e Petronia
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprdal,padral,paradl,pardall,parddal,pardla,parrdal,ppardal,pradal
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pardal - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “pardal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-A-R-D-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɐɾ.ˈdaɫ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “perda” - see the side-by-side comparison. pardal vs perda
- 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.