pedante
/pɨ.ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/
The verdict
“pedante” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #59,327 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,327
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - pernóstico
Corpus desk
Index PT-pedante · pedante · Portuguese
pedante · rank #59,327 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,327
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH Piotr
Nearest frequency peer: Piotr (+5 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 “pedante”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pairar
pairar
40,687 corpus weight
- palavreado
palavreado
40,686 corpus weight
- papar
papar
40,685 corpus weight
- pedante
pedante
40,674 corpus weight
- Piotr
Piotr
40,669 corpus weight
- pontiagudo
pontiagudo
40,661 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “pedante” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedante |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #59,327 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pedante” em português
Rare enough to double-check
pedante is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #59,327 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /pɨ.ˈdɐ̃.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pedante, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pedante, spelled P-E-D-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1pernóstico
- 2diz-se daquele que supõe saber mais do que realmente sabe
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pedante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
É um grupo de interesses arrogante, pedante, das pessoas que falam com nariz em pé como se tivessem mais autoridade do que o resto do planeta.
This word in other languages
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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