presente

adj

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The verdict

“presente” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #587. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#587
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se encontra em determinado lugar ou situação

Corpus desk

Index PT-presente · presente · Portuguese

presente · rank #587 · 12 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #587
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH professor

Nearest frequency peer: professor (+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 “presente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “presente” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

presente vs prudente
75% similar
presente vs presidente
80% similar
presente vs presença
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for presente
PropertyValue
Headwordpresente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters8
Frequency rank#587
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “presente”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).presentecai 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 “professor” (#588), “n” (#585), “quarto” (#589). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “presente” fica em #587. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around presente, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #587 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for presente, with forms such as "persente", "ppresente", and "preesnte". 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 also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "prudente", "presidente", "presença", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file 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 presente, spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que se encontra em determinado lugar ou situação
  2. 2
    qualidade atribuída ao verbos cuja flexão expressa algo feito no momento em que se fala ou algo feito rotineiramente

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Ele estava presente na reunião.

This word in other languages

present(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persente
  • ppresente
  • preesnte
  • presenet
  • presennte
  • presentte
  • presetne
  • presnete
  • pressente
  • prresente
  • prseente
  • rpesente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of presente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

persente2ppresente1preesnte2presenet2presennte1presentte1presetne2presnete2
Edit distance from "presente"

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 "presente"?
"presente" is spelled P-R-E-S-E-N-T-E.
What does "presente" mean?
As an adjective, "presente" means: que se encontra em determinado lugar ou situação
What words are commonly confused with "presente"?
"presente" is commonly confused with "prudente", "presidente", "presença". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "presente" come from?
"presente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

objetivo#569novembro#568acontece#562respeito#558

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

professor12 variantsfevereiro12 variantsdezembro12 variantscontrole12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list