predilecção
Portuguese, noun
predilecção is spelled P-R-E-D-I-L-E-C-Ç-Ã-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 105,827th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Predilecção is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of predileção; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does predilecção mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of predileção; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of predilecção
- predilecções plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is predilecção in Portuguese?
predilecção appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).