pedir
/pɨ.ˈdiɾ/
The verdict
“pedir” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #714 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #714
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - solicitar
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 | pedir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɨ.ˈdiɾ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pedir” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for pedir is 5 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨ.ˈdiɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #714 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedir, with forms such as "epdir", "pdeir", and "peddir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "per", "poder", "pegar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 pedir, spelled P-E-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1solicitar
- 2implorar
- 3pôr como preço
- 4perguntar
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: epdir,pdeir,peddir,pedirr,pedri,peidr,ppedir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedir - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “pedir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-D-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɨ.ˈdiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “per” - see the side-by-side comparison. pedir vs per
- 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.