prelo
The verdict
“prelo” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #68,380 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,380
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa
Corpus desk
Index PT-prelo · prelo · Portuguese
prelo · rank #68,380 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,380
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH piar
Nearest frequency peer: piar (-9 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “prelo”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- pesce
pesce
31,632 corpus weight
- pesco
pesco
31,631 corpus weight
- piar
piar
31,630 corpus weight
- prelo
prelo
31,621 corpus weight
- pífio
pífio
31,604 corpus weight
- póquer
póquer
31,603 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “prelo” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prelo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,380 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “prelo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
prelo is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #68,380 among 1,578 “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
- 1máquina de impressão tipográfica; prensa
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prelo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
No mês passado, o autor foi brevemente detido pela polícia quando contou aos amigos através da internet que a obra estava no prelo.
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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