pedestre
/pɨ.ˈdɛʃ.tɾɨ/
The verdict
“pedestre” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #20,972. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #20,972
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - relativo ao ato de andar a pé
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pedestre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈdɛʃ.tɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #20,972 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pedestre” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around pedestre (IPA /pɨ.ˈdɛʃ.tɾɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #20,972 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedestre, with forms such as "epdestre", "pdeestre", and "peddestre". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pedestre, spelled P-E-D-E-S-T-R-E.
Definition
- 1relativo ao ato de andar a pé
- 2simples, modesto, sem pretensão
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epdestre
- pdeestre
- peddestre
- pedesrte
- pedesstre
- pedester
- pedestrre
- pedesttre
- pedetsre
- pedsetre
- peedstre
- ppedestre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedestre - 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 “pedestre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-D-E-S-T-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨ.ˈdɛʃ.tɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.