preceptor
The verdict
“preceptor” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #78,225 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,225
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - instrutor, mestre; aquele que doutrina preceitos
Corpus desk
Index PT-preceptor · preceptor · Portuguese
preceptor · rank #78,225 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,225
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH portuga
Nearest frequency peer: portuga (-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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “preceptor”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- patogênico
patogênico
21,804 corpus weight
- peto
peto
21,793 corpus weight
- piteira
piteira
21,785 corpus weight
- portuga
portuga
21,778 corpus weight
- preceptor
preceptor
21,776 corpus weight
- recorrentem…
recorrentemente
21,747 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “preceptor” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preceptor |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #78,225 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “preceptor” em português
Rare enough to double-check
preceptor is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #78,225 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "instrutor, mestre; aquele que doutrina preceitos".
No generated misspelling entries exist for preceptor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is preceptor, spelled P-R-E-C-E-P-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1instrutor, mestre; aquele que doutrina preceitos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preceptor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sêneca, o preceptor de Nero, foi forçado a suicidar-se por ordem do imperador.
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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