preexistente

adj

The verdict

“preexistente” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #65,037 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,037
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que existe antes de alguma outra coisa

Corpus desk

Index PT-preexistente · preexistente · Portuguese

preexistente · rank #65,037 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,037
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH probatório

Nearest frequency peer: probatório (+3 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 “preexistente”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “preexistente” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for preexistente
PropertyValue
Headwordpreexistente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters12
Frequency rank#65,037
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “preexistente” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).preexistentecai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “probatório” (#65,040), “promulgar” (#65,045), “pineapple” (#65,023). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “preexistente” fica em #65,037. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

preexistente is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #65,037 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "que existe antes de alguma outra coisa".

preexistente has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is preexistente, spelled P-R-E-E-X-I-S-T-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que existe antes de alguma outra coisa

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how preexistente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Menard dedicou seus escrúpulos e vigílias a repetir num idioma alheio um livro preexistente.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preexistente"?
"preexistente" is spelled P-R-E-E-X-I-S-T-E-N-T-E.
What does "preexistente" mean?
As an adjective, "preexistente" means: que existe antes de alguma outra coisa
What language does "preexistente" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preexistente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list