pré-

prefix

The verdict

“pré-” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - prefixo que traduz a ideia de antecedência, antecipação

Corpus desk

Index PT-pre · pré- · Portuguese

pré- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for pré-
PropertyValue
Headwordpré-
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechPrefix
Letters4
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “pré-” em português

pré-fica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pré- is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "prefixo que traduz a ideia de antecedência, antecipação".

pré- doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 pré-, spelled P-R-É--.

Definition

  1. 1
    prefixo que traduz a ideia de antecedência, antecipação

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A partir da pré-data.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pré-"?
"pré-" is spelled P-R-É--.
What does "pré-" mean?
As a prefix, "pré-" means: prefixo que traduz a ideia de antecedência, antecipação
What language does "pré-" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list