preocupante

adj

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The verdict

“preocupante” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,938. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,938
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
16
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que causa preocupação, que causa um pensamento de medo a algo que pode acontecer

Corpus desk

Index PT-preocupante · preocupante · Portuguese

preocupante · rank #11,938 · 16 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,938
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH primordial

Nearest frequency peer: primordial (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “preocupante”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “preocupante” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for preocupante
PropertyValue
Headwordpreocupante
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters11
Frequency rank#11,938
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “preocupante”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.preocupantecai aqui:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “primordial” (#11,939), “poços” (#11,936), “problemática” (#11,940). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “preocupante” fica em #11,938. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around preocupante, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #11,938 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que causa preocupação, que causa um pensamento de medo a algo que pode acontecer".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for preocupante, with forms such as "perocupante", "ppreocupante", and "precoupante". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is preocupante, spelled P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que causa preocupação, que causa um pensamento de medo a algo que pode acontecer

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how preocupante appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A falta de conhecimento da população sobre a higiene da tela dos telefones celulares é preocupante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perocupante
  • ppreocupante
  • precoupante
  • preoccupante
  • preocpuante
  • preocuapnte
  • preocupanet
  • preocupannte
  • preocupantte
  • preocupatne
  • preocupnate
  • preocuppante
  • preoucpante
  • proecupante
  • prreocupante
  • rpeocupante

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preocupante - 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.

perocupante2ppreocupante1precoupante2preoccupante1preocpuante2preocuapnte2preocupanet2preocupannte1
Edit distance from "preocupante"

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 "preocupante"?
"preocupante" is spelled P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-N-T-E.
What does "preocupante" mean?
As an adjective, "preocupante" means: que causa preocupação, que causa um pensamento de medo a algo que pode acontecer
What are common misspellings of "preocupante"?
Common misspellings include "perocupante", "ppreocupante", "precoupante", "preoccupante", "preocpuante". The correct spelling is "preocupante".
What language does "preocupante" come from?
"preocupante" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preocupante", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

competitivo#12,021consultoria#11,836prontamente#12,131substancial#11,745

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

alinhamento16 variantsconsequente16 variantsinformativo16 variantsinvestigado16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list