prelo

noun

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The verdict

“prelo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,380 among 3,113 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,380
frequency rank, Portuguese
3,113
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa

Key facts for prelo
PropertyValue
Headwordprelo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters5
Frequency rank#68,380
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prelo” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prelo lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

prelo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,380 among 3,113 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prelo, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is prelo, spelled P-R-E-L-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa

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 "prelo"?
"prelo" is spelled P-R-E-L-O.
What does "prelo" mean?
As a noun, "prelo" means: máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa
What language does "prelo" come from?
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Using “prelo”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-L-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words

Other uncommon Portuguese words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list