predileção
The verdict
“predileção” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #50,162 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,162
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - preferência acentuada por alguém ou alguma coisa; escolha, propensão, inclinação
Corpus desk
Index PT-predilecao · predileção · Portuguese
predileção · rank #50,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,162
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH precedência
Nearest frequency peer: precedência (-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 “predileção”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- perro
perro
49,857 corpus weight
- polir
polir
49,850 corpus weight
- poluir
poluir
49,849 corpus weight
- precedência
precedência
49,841 corpus weight
- predileção
predileção
49,839 corpus weight
- provocativo
provocativo
49,828 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “predileção” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | predileção |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “predileção” em português
Rare enough to double-check
predileção is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #50,162 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "preferência acentuada por alguém ou alguma coisa; escolha, propensão, inclinação".
No misspelling variants are generated for predileção in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is predileção, spelled P-R-E-D-I-L-E-Ç-Ã-O.
Definition
- 1preferência acentuada por alguém ou alguma coisa; escolha, propensão, inclinação
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how predileção appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ter predileção por algum escritor.
Synonyms
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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