perecem

verb

The verdict

“perecem” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #79,849 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#79,849
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo perecer

Corpus desk

Index PT-perecem · perecem · Portuguese

perecem · rank #79,849 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #79,849
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH pentatlo

Nearest frequency peer: pentatlo (-1 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “perecem”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “perecem” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perecem
PropertyValue
Headwordperecem
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#79,849
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “perecem” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).perecemcai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “pentatlo” (#79,848), “perpetuidade” (#79,851), “proficiente” (#79,870). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “perecem” fica em #79,849. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perecem is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #79,849 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo perecer".

No generated misspelling entries exist for perecem in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is perecem, spelled P-E-R-E-C-E-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo perecer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. As em favor do povo só perecem.

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 "perecem"?
"perecem" is spelled P-E-R-E-C-E-M.
What does "perecem" mean?
As a verb, "perecem" means: terceira pessoa do plural do presente do indicativo do verbo perecer
What language does "perecem" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list