presbítero
The verdict
“presbítero” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #40,296 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #40,296
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
Dominant Wiktionary sense: sacerdote, padre
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | presbítero |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #40,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “presbítero” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for presbítero is 10 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #40,296 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for presbítero, with forms such as "persbítero", "ppresbítero", and "prebsítero". 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 presbítero, spelled P-R-E-S-B-Í-T-E-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1sacerdote, padre
- 2entre os presbiterianos, indivíduo eleito pela congregação para dirigi-la e ser seu chefe espiritual
- 3superintendente de igreja protestante; ancião, bispo
Synonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: persbítero,ppresbítero,prebsítero,presbbítero,presbtíero,presbíetro,presbíteor,presbíterro,presbítreo,presbíttero,pressbítero,presíbtero,prresbítero,prsebítero,rpesbítero
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of presbítero — 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 "presbítero"
Frequency rank: #40,296 in Portuguese
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Using “presbítero”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-S-B-Í-T-E-R-O — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Nearby Portuguese words
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