pedra

noun

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The verdict

“pedra” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,653. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,653
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - corpo duro e compacto que forma as rochas

Corpus desk

Index PT-pedra · pedra · Portuguese

pedra · rank #1,653 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,653
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pele

Nearest frequency peer: pele (+1 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pedra”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pedra” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pedra vs per
60% similar
pedra vs pega
60% similar
pedra vs Peru
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pedra
PropertyValue
Headwordpedra
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#1,653
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pedra”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).pedracai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “pele” (#1,654), “software” (#1,656), “louco” (#1,649). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pedra” fica em #1,653. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around pedra, anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,653 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for pedra, with forms such as "epdra", "pdera", and "pedar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "per", "pega", "Peru", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is pedra, spelled P-E-D-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    corpo duro e compacto que forma as rochas
  2. 2
    concreção calcária que se forma na bexiga, nos rins e nos dentes; cálculo
  3. 3
    objeto fruto de escavação; aquilo que foi retirado da terra
  4. 4
    lousa escolar
  5. 5
    lápide de sepulcro
  6. 6
    peça de jogo de tabuleiro
  7. 7
    granizo
  8. 8
    pessoa estúpida, bronca, tapada, porta
  9. 9
    pedaço de haxixe, crack

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. “No meio do caminho”, dizia Carlos Drummond há 80 anos, “tinha uma pedra.”

Synonyms

calhaurebo

This word in other languages

stone(English)piedra(Español)pierre(Français)Stein(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epdra
  • pdera
  • pedar
  • peddra
  • pedrra
  • ppedra

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pedra - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

epdra2pdera2pedar2peddra1pedrra1ppedra1
Edit distance from "pedra"

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 "pedra"?
"pedra" is spelled P-E-D-R-A.
What does "pedra" mean?
As a noun, "pedra" means: corpo duro e compacto que forma as rochas
What words are commonly confused with "pedra"?
"pedra" is commonly confused with "per", "pega", "Peru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pedra" come from?
"pedra" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

louco#1,649tocar#1,662setor#1,629queda#1,623

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

cruz6 variantsterça6 variantsperda6 variantsmídia6 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list