# before

> Portuguese word · Adverb · frequency rank #13,669

## Definitions
1. antes, mais cedo, anteriormente
2. antes que

## Easily confused with
- **become** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/become-vs-before)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbefore`, `beffore`, `befoer`, `beforre`, `befroe`, `beofre`, `bfeore`, `ebfore`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/pt/word/before