prefeitura
The verdict
“prefeitura” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #1,473 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,473
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - governo de um município
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prefeitura |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #1,473 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prefeitura” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for prefeitura is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #1,473 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for prefeitura, with forms such as "perfeitura", "pprefeitura", and "preefitura". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is prefeitura, spelled P-R-E-F-E-I-T-U-R-A.
Definition
- 1governo de um município
- 2sede da administração municipal
- 3uma das 47 subdivisões nacionais do Japão, ocasionalmente sendo traduzidas como província
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perfeitura,pprefeitura,preefitura,prefeitrua,prefeittura,prefeituar,prefeiturra,prefeiutra,prefetiura,preffeitura,prefietura,prfeeitura,prrefeitura,rpefeitura
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prefeitura - 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 “prefeitura”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-F-E-I-T-U-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.