preferível
The verdict
“preferível” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #24,122. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,122
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que pode ser preferido
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preferível |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #24,122 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “preferível” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 15 spelling variants around preferível, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,122 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que pode ser preferido".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for preferível, with forms such as "perferível", "ppreferível", and "preefrível". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is preferível, spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-Í-V-E-L.
Definition
- 1que pode ser preferido
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perferível
- ppreferível
- preefrível
- preferrível
- prefervíel
- preferíevl
- preferívell
- preferívle
- preferívvel
- prefeírvel
- prefferível
- prefreível
- prfeerível
- prreferível
- rpeferível
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preferível - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “preferível”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-F-E-R-Í-V-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.