preceder
/pɾɨ.sɨ.ˈdeɾ/
The verdict
“preceder” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #75,038 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,038
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vir ou chegar antes de
Corpus desk
Index PT-preceder · preceder · Portuguese
preceder · rank #75,038 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,038
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH postiço
Nearest frequency peer: postiço (-1 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “preceder”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- plateau
plateau
24,977 corpus weight
- portada
portada
24,968 corpus weight
- postiço
postiço
24,964 corpus weight
- preceder
preceder
24,963 corpus weight
- primoroso
primoroso
24,957 corpus weight
- quadriculado
quadriculado
24,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “preceder” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preceder |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.sɨ.ˈdeɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,038 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “preceder” em português
Rare enough to double-check
preceder is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #75,038 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾɨ.sɨ.ˈdeɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for preceder in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is preceder, spelled P-R-E-C-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1vir ou chegar antes de
- 2existir antes de
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preceder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esse pode ser um caso totalmente isolado ou preceder outras infecções.
This word in other languages
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.
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Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).