pender

verb

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The verdict

“pender” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #52,927 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.

#52,927
frequency rank, Portuguese
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (diz-se de coisas) estar suspendido ou inclinado

Key facts for pender
PropertyValue
Headwordpender
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,927
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “pender” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). pender lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pender is 6 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #52,927 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pender, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is pender, spelled P-E-N-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (diz-se de coisas) estar suspendido ou inclinado
  2. 2
    (diz-se de pessoas) estar inclinado a seguir uma linha de conduta

This word in other languages

hang(English)pender(Español)pendre(Français)hängen(Deutsch)

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 "pender"?
"pender" is spelled P-E-N-D-E-R.
What does "pender" mean?
As a verb, "pender" means: (diz-se de coisas) estar suspendido ou inclinado
What language does "pender" come from?
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Using “pender”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-E-N-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list