antecessor

noun

The verdict

“antecessor” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,423
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,900
“A” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aquele que antecede, que vem antes, que é anterior

Corpus desk

Index PT-antecessor · antecessor · Portuguese

antecessor · rank #17,423 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,423
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,900
  • PHOTO-FINISH alface

Nearest frequency peer: alface (-3 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 “antecessor”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “antecessor” 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
Key facts for antecessor
PropertyValue
Headwordantecessor
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#17,423
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “antecessor”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.antecessorcai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “alface” (#17,420), “ale” (#17,419), “aptidão” (#17,427). Entre 1,900 lemas com “A”, “antecessor” fica em #17,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around antecessor, anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,423 among 1,900 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "aquele que antecede, que vem antes, que é anterior".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for antecessor, with forms such as "anetcessor", "anntecessor", and "antceessor". 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 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is antecessor, spelled A-N-T-E-C-E-S-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    aquele que antecede, que vem antes, que é anterior

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ao contrário de seu antecessor, no entanto, Mbeki retira-se da política sul- africana pela porta dos fundos.

Synonyms

predecessor

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • anetcessor
  • anntecessor
  • antceessor
  • anteccessor
  • antecesor
  • antecesosr
  • antecessorr
  • antecessro
  • antecsesor
  • anteecssor
  • anttecessor
  • atnecessor
  • natecessor

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

anetcessor2anntecessor1antceessor2anteccessor1antecesor1antecesosr2antecessorr1antecessro2
Edit distance from "antecessor"

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 "antecessor"?
"antecessor" is spelled A-N-T-E-C-E-S-S-O-R.
What does "antecessor" mean?
As a noun, "antecessor" means: aquele que antecede, que vem antes, que é anterior
What are common misspellings of "antecessor"?
Common misspellings include "anetcessor", "anntecessor", "antceessor", "anteccessor", "antecesor". The correct spelling is "antecessor".
What language does "antecessor" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list