perfeito

//pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,127

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

perfeito is anPortugueseadj. It means: que se conforma completamente com a descrição ou definição de um tipo ideal Pronounced /pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu/. It ranks #1,127 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with perfect and perfeição.

Key facts for perfeito
PropertyValue
Headwordperfeito
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,127
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for perfeito is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #1,127 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for perfeito, with forms such as "eprfeito", "pefreito", and "perefito". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "perfect", "perfeição", 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 perfeito, spelled P-E-R-F-E-I-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se conforma completamente com a descrição ou definição de um tipo ideal
  2. 2
    excelente ou completo; que não admite melhorias práticas ou teóricas
  3. 3
    que se adequa exatamente às necessidades de uma situação ou para um certo objetivo
  4. 4
    em que não há defeito; que só tem qualidades boas
  5. 5
    cabal, completo, rematado, total
  6. 6
    diz-se do tempo verbal que se refere a uma ação ou estado já de todo passado

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprfeito,pefreito,perefito,perfeiot,perfeitto,perfetio,perffeito,perfieto,perrfeito,pperfeito,prefeito

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for perfeito

Misspelling Variants of "perfeito"

eprfeito8pefreito8perefito8perfeiot8perfeitto9perfetio8perffeito9perfieto8
Misspelling Variants of "perfeito"

Frequency rank: #1,127 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perfeito"?
"perfeito" is spelled P-E-R-F-E-I-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu/.
What does "perfeito" mean?
As an adj, "perfeito" means: que se conforma completamente com a descrição ou definição de um tipo ideal
What words are commonly confused with "perfeito"?
"perfeito" is commonly confused with "perfect", "perfeição". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "perfeito"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perfeito" is /pɨɾ.ˈfɐj.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perfeito" come from?
"perfeito" 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.