antes de

phrase

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The verdict

“antes de” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - anterior a uma outra acção; em tempo anterior

Corpus desk

Index PT-antes-de · antes de · Portuguese

antes de · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for antes de
PropertyValue
Headwordantes de
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPhrase
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “antes de” sits in Portuguese frequency

antes de falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Portuguese words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

antes de is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for antes de in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is antes de, spelled A-N-T-E-S- -D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    anterior a uma outra acção; em tempo anterior
  2. 2
    à frente de
  3. 3
    mais próximo no espaço

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Vestir o casaco antes de sair.
  2. Sentou-se à mesa antes do convidado e não ao lado.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "antes de"?
"antes de" is spelled A-N-T-E-S- -D-E.
What does "antes de" mean?
As a phrase, "antes de" means: anterior a uma outra acção; em tempo anterior
What language does "antes de" come from?
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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list