prado

//ˈpɾa.du// noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,941

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

prado is aPortuguesenoun. It means: terreno coberto de plantas herbáceas para alimento do gado Pronounced /ˈpɾa.du/. It ranks #8,941 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with pro and praia.

Key facts for prado
PropertyValue
Headwordprado
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɾa.du/
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,941
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prado is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈpɾa.du/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,941 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "terreno coberto de plantas herbáceas para alimento do gado".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for prado, with forms such as "pardo", "pprado", and "praddo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "praia", "preço", 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 prado, spelled P-R-A-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    terreno coberto de plantas herbáceas para alimento do gado

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pardo,pprado,praddo,praod,prdao,prrado,rpado

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prado

Misspelling Variants of "prado"

pardo5pprado6praddo6praod5prdao5prrado6rpado5
Misspelling Variants of "prado"

Frequency rank: #8,941 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prado"?
"prado" is spelled P-R-A-D-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɾa.du/.
What does "prado" mean?
As a noun, "prado" means: terreno coberto de plantas herbáceas para alimento do gado
What words are commonly confused with "prado"?
"prado" is commonly confused with "pro", "praia", "preço". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prado"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prado" is /ˈpɾa.du/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prado" come from?
"prado" 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.