pereira

//pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,285

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

pereira is aPortuguesenoun. It means: nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras Pronounced /pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/. It ranks #2,285 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with poeira and porteira.

Key facts for pereira
PropertyValue
Headwordpereira
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,285
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pereira in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pereira is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,285 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for pereira, with forms such as "epreira", "peerira", and "pereiar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "poeira", "porteira", "peneira", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is pereira, spelled P-E-R-E-I-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epreira,peerira,pereiar,pereirra,pereria,periera,perreira,ppereira,preeira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pereira

Misspelling Variants of "pereira"

epreira7peerira7pereiar7pereirra8pereria7periera7perreira8ppereira8
Misspelling Variants of "pereira"

Frequency rank: #2,285 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pereira"?
"pereira" is spelled P-E-R-E-I-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/.
What does "pereira" mean?
As a noun, "pereira" means: nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras
What words are commonly confused with "pereira"?
"pereira" is commonly confused with "poeira", "porteira", "peneira". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pereira"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pereira" is /pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pereira" come from?
"pereira" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.