preguiça

Name: preguiça, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

/pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ/

//pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ// noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“preguiça” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,423. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,423
frequency rank, Portuguese: 1,578
“P” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - falta de vontade de realizar atividades

Corpus desk

Index PT-preguica · preguiça · Portuguese

preguiça · rank #10,423 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,423
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 1,578
PHOTO-FINISH precoce

Nearest frequency peer: precoce (-1 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.

pleito

89,584
precoce

89,579
preguiça

89,578
price

89,576
propina

89,575
qualificado

89,573

What this shows “preguiça” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Key facts for preguiça
Property	Value
Headword	preguiça
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ/
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#10,423
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “preguiça”

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

#10,423

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “precoce” (#10,422), “price” (#10,425), “propina” (#10,426). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “preguiça” fica em #10,423. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around preguiça (IPA /pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,423 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for preguiça, with forms such as "perguiça", "ppreguiça", and "pregguiça". 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.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is preguiça, spelled P-R-E-G-U-I-Ç-A.

Definition

1
falta de vontade de realizar atividades
2
ausência de pressa ou diligência
3
repulsa ao trabalho
4
carência de apuro ou capricho
5
corda de guindaste
6
pau onde são presas as cangalhas de uma canoura
7
mamífero desdentado existente no Brasil, pertencente à família Bradypodidae ou Megalonychidae
8
ave do gênero Nyctibius
9
camaleão (Iguana iguana)

Synonyms

ignáviaindolênciainérciamândriamandriicemolezanegligênciaociosidadepânriasegníciafleumafrouxidãolentidãolerdezamalemolênciamalimolênciamanemolênciamanimolênciamanimonênciamanumolênciamolemolênciamolimolênciamolezamorosidade pachorravagarezabandarricecalaçariacalaceiricecalaceriacalacicecalungagemcanzanagandaialambançamadraçariamadracicemalandragemmalandricemalemolênciamalimolênciamanemolênciamanimolênciamanimonênciamanumolênciamolemolênciamolimolênciamangalaçamangalaxamatulagemócio ociosidade tunavagabundicevadiaçãovadiagemvadiariavadiicevagabundagemvagabundicevagânciadescuidodesleixodesmazeloincúrianegligênciarelaxamentoaíaíguebicho-preguiçacabeludachora-luaibijaú-guaçujurutaumanda-luaurutagourutaucamaleãopapa-ventosenembisenembusinimbusinumbutijibu

Antonyms

diligência diligência zelo

This word in other languages

laziness(English)pereza(Español)paresse(Français)Faulheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

perguiça
ppreguiça
pregguiça
pregiuça
preguiaç
preguçia
preugiça
prgeuiça
prreguiça
rpeguiça

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preguiça - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "preguiça"

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 "preguiça"?

"preguiça" is spelled P-R-E-G-U-I-Ç-A. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ/.

What does "preguiça" mean?

As a noun, "preguiça" means: falta de vontade de realizar atividades

What are common misspellings of "preguiça"?

Common misspellings include "perguiça", "ppreguiça", "pregguiça", "pregiuça", "preguiaç". The correct spelling is "preguiça".

How do you pronounce "preguiça"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "preguiça" is /pɾe.ˈgi.sɐ/, /pɾɪ.ˈgi.sɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "preguiça" come from?

"preguiça" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

precoce10 variants propina10 variants petista10 variants merecer10 variants