prayer

noun

The verdict

“prayer” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #33,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#33,985
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - oração

Corpus desk

Index PT-prayer · prayer · Portuguese

prayer · rank #33,985 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #33,985
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH precocemente

Nearest frequency peer: precocemente (+2 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 “prayer”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “prayer” 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).

prayer vs prazer
83% similar
prayer vs prever
67% similar
prayer vs prover
67% similar

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

Key facts for prayer
PropertyValue
Headwordprayer
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#33,985
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “prayer”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “precocemente” (#33,987), “problematizar” (#33,995), “production” (#33,996). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “prayer” fica em #33,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prayer, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,985 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prayer, with forms such as "paryer", "pprayer", and "praeyr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "prazer", "prever", "prover", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 prayer, spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    oração
  2. 2
    reza

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. a fervent prayer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • paryer
  • pprayer
  • praeyr
  • prayerr
  • prayre
  • prayyer
  • prrayer
  • pryaer
  • rpayer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prayer - 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.

paryer2pprayer1praeyr2prayerr1prayre2prayyer1prrayer1pryaer2
Edit distance from "prayer"

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 "prayer"?
"prayer" is spelled P-R-A-Y-E-R.
What does "prayer" mean?
As a noun, "prayer" means: oração
What words are commonly confused with "prayer"?
"prayer" is commonly confused with "prazer", "prever", "prover". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "prayer" come from?
"prayer" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list