pré-
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pré- |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “pré-” em português
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
- 1prefixo que traduz a ideia de antecedência, antecipação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pré- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.