precious
/ˈpɹɛʃəs/
The verdict
“precious” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #42,164. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #42,164
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - precioso
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precious |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈpɹɛʃəs/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #42,164 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “precious” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around precious (IPA /ˈpɹɛʃəs/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #42,164 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "precioso".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for precious, with forms such as "percious", "pprecious", and "prceious". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "precioso", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is precious, spelled P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1precioso
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- percious
- pprecious
- prceious
- preccious
- preciosu
- preciouss
- preciuos
- precoius
- preicous
- prrecious
- rpecious
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of precious - 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.
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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Using “precious”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-C-I-O-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈpɹɛʃəs/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “precioso” - see the side-by-side comparison. precious vs precioso
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.