peor
Portuguese, adjective
peor is spelled P-E-O-R (4 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese, the 103,739th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peor is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does peor mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pior
adverb
- 1
pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of pior
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of peor
- peores plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is peor in Portuguese?
peor appears about once in every 11 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).