preferido

adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,925

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

preferido is anPortugueseadj. It means: que se prefere It ranks #6,925 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with preferir and pretérito.

Key facts for preferido
PropertyValue
Headwordpreferido
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,925
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of preferido in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for preferido is 9 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #6,925 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que se prefere".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for preferido, with forms such as "perferido", "ppreferido", and "preefrido". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "preferir", "pretérito", "prevenido", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is preferido, spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se prefere

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: perferido,ppreferido,preefrido,prefeirdo,preferdio,preferiddo,preferiod,preferrido,prefferido,prefreido,prfeerido,prreferido,rpeferido

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for preferido

Misspelling Variants of "preferido"

perferido9ppreferido10preefrido9prefeirdo9preferdio9preferiddo10preferiod9preferrido10
Misspelling Variants of "preferido"

Frequency rank: #6,925 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preferido"?
"preferido" is spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-D-O.
What does "preferido" mean?
As an adj, "preferido" means: que se prefere
What words are commonly confused with "preferido"?
"preferido" is commonly confused with "preferir", "pretérito", "prevenido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "preferido" come from?
"preferido" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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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.