pereira

/pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/

//pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ// noun

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The verdict

“pereira” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #2,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,285
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras

Corpus desk

Index PT-pereira · pereira · Portuguese

pereira · rank #2,285 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,285
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH paixão

Nearest frequency peer: paixão (-3 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pereira”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pereira” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pereira vs poeira
71% similar
pereira vs porteira
75% similar
pereira vs peneira
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pereira”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).pereiracai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “paixão” (#2,282), “sequência” (#2,290), “significado” (#2,291). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pereira” fica em #2,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pereira (IPA /pe.ˈɾej.ɾɐ/, /pe.ˈɾe.ɾɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,285 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nome de plantas arbóreas do gênero Pyrus da família das Rosáceas, cujos frutos são as peras".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for pereira, with forms such as "epreira", "peerira", and "pereiar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. 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. The correct Portuguese form is pereira, spelled P-E-R-E-I-R-A.

Definition

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

This word in other languages

pear tree(English)peral(Español)poirier(Français)Birnbaum(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epreira
  • peerira
  • pereiar
  • pereirra
  • pereria
  • periera
  • perreira
  • ppereira
  • preeira

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pereira - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

epreira2peerira2pereiar2pereirra1pereria2periera2perreira1ppereira1
Edit distance from "pereira"

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 "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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

terreno#2,293inverno#2,275crédito#2,269coronel#2,268

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fundos9 variantsevolução9 variantscheguei9 variantsexecução9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list