patada

/paˈta.dɐ/

//paˈta.dɐ// noun

The verdict

“patada” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #67,681 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,681
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chute ou soco dado com a pata

Corpus desk

Index PT-patada · patada · Portuguese

patada · rank #67,681 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,681
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH percevejo

Nearest frequency peer: percevejo (+8 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 “patada”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “patada” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for patada
PropertyValue
Headwordpatada
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/paˈta.dɐ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#67,681
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “patada” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).patadacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “percevejo” (#67,689), “pez” (#67,691), “plank” (#67,694). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “patada” fica em #67,681. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

patada is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #67,681 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /paˈta.dɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chute ou soco dado com a pata".

patada has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is patada, spelled P-A-T-A-D-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    chute ou soco dado com a pata

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O canguru deu uma patada para defender o seu filhote.

Synonyms

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 "patada"?
"patada" is spelled P-A-T-A-D-A. The IPA pronunciation is /paˈta.dɐ/.
What does "patada" mean?
As a noun, "patada" means: chute ou soco dado com a pata
How do you pronounce "patada"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "patada" is /paˈta.dɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "patada" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list