prender
/pɾẽ.ˈdeɾ/
The verdict
“prender” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #4,096. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,096
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - colocar na prisão pessoa que infringiu a lei
Corpus desk
Index PT-prender · prender · Portuguese
prender · rank #4,096 · 11 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,096
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH potência
Nearest frequency peer: potência (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “prender”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- porte
porte
95,908 corpus weight
- potência
potência
95,906 corpus weight
- prender
prender
95,905 corpus weight
- Prestes
Prestes
95,902 corpus weight
- protesto
protesto
95,900 corpus weight
- rabo
rabo
95,898 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prender” sits against the nearest ranked Portuguese headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prender |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾẽ.ˈdeɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #4,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Onde “prender” fica na frequência do português
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around prender (IPA /pɾẽ.ˈdeɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,096 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prender, with forms such as "pernder", "pprender", and "predner". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "prever", "pretender", "perder", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 prender, spelled P-R-E-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1colocar na prisão pessoa que infringiu a lei
- 2pegar a atenção de uma pessoa
- 3ficar acidentalmente preso em outra coisa
- 4juntar duas coisas de forma que não se soltem; atar, ligar, unir
- 5segurar com a mão
- 6agarrar
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prender appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Longe de querer valorar condutas, mas o que é mais importante: flagrar o motorista que descumpriu uma regra de trânsito ou prender o assaltante, o ladrão ou o estuprador?
Em meio a buzinaços e trânsito carregado, a trupe conseguiu prender a atenção do público que 'viajou' no ônibus pelas ruas centrais da capital, durante o Satyrianas ocorrido em outubro.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pernder
- pprender
- predner
- prendder
- prenderr
- prendre
- prenedr
- prennder
- prneder
- prrender
- rpender
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prender - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prender", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "prender". Here's where to go from here.
- "prender" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "prever". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,096 among Portuguese headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Portuguese words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.