prejudicar

//pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ// verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,684

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

prejudicar is aPortugueseverb. It means: fazer mal ou dano a Pronounced /pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ/. It ranks #7,684 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with prejudicial and prejudicado.

Key facts for prejudicar
PropertyValue
Headwordprejudicar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ/
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,684
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prejudicar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,684 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prejudicar, with forms such as "perjudicar", "pprejudicar", and "prejduicar". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "prejudicial", "prejudicado", 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 prejudicar, spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    fazer mal ou dano a
  2. 2
    lesar; danificar
  3. 3
    embaraçar
  4. 4
    desservir
  5. 5
    tirar ou diminuir o valor de
  6. 6
    ser danoso
  7. 7
    sofrer prejuízo

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: perjudicar,pprejudicar,prejduicar,prejjudicar,prejudciar,prejuddicar,prejudiacr,prejudicarr,prejudiccar,prejudicra,prejuidcar,preujdicar,prjeudicar,prrejudicar,rpejudicar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prejudicar

Misspelling Variants of "prejudicar"

perjudicar10pprejudicar11prejduicar10prejjudicar11prejudciar10prejuddicar11prejudiacr10prejudicarr11
Misspelling Variants of "prejudicar"

Frequency rank: #7,684 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prejudicar"?
"prejudicar" is spelled P-R-E-J-U-D-I-C-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ/.
What does "prejudicar" mean?
As a verb, "prejudicar" means: fazer mal ou dano a
What words are commonly confused with "prejudicar"?
"prejudicar" is commonly confused with "prejudicial", "prejudicado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prejudicar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prejudicar" is /pɾɨ.ʒu.di.ˈkaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prejudicar" come from?
"prejudicar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.