prejuízo
The verdict
“prejuízo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,685 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #7,685
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: ação de prejudicar
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prejuízo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾe.ʒʊ.ˈi.zʊ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #7,685 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prejuízo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for prejuízo is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾe.ʒʊ.ˈi.zʊ/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,685 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prejuízo, with forms such as "perjuízo", "pprejuízo", and "prejjuízo". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 prejuízo, spelled P-R-E-J-U-Í-Z-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ação de prejudicar
- 2perda de dinheiro ou investimento
- 3preconceito
- 4crendice, prejulgamento
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perjuízo,pprejuízo,prejjuízo,prejuzío,prejuíoz,prejuízzo,prejíuzo,preujízo,prjeuízo,prrejuízo,rpejuízo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prejuízo — 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 "prejuízo"
Frequency rank: #7,685 in Portuguese
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Using “prejuízo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-J-U-Í-Z-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾe.ʒʊ.ˈi.zʊ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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