presidir

/pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ/

//pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ// verb

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The verdict

“presidir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #23,454. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,454
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ocupar a presidência

Corpus desk

Index PT-presidir · presidir · Portuguese

presidir · rank #23,454 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,454
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH prioritário

Nearest frequency peer: prioritário (+2 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 “presidir”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “presidir” 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).

presidir vs presumir
75% similar
presidir vs presídio
75% similar
presidir vs presidido
78% similar

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

Key facts for presidir
PropertyValue
Headwordpresidir
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,454
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “presidir”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).presidircai aqui:

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

Os ticks avançam em logaritmo; cada um é da ordem de dez vezes mais raro. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “prioritário” (#23,456), “projétil” (#23,459), “pitada” (#23,448). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “presidir” fica em #23,454. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around presidir (IPA /pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #23,454 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for presidir, with forms such as "persidir", "ppresidir", and "preisdir". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "presumir", "presídio", "presidido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is presidir, spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    ocupar a presidência
  2. 2
    dirigir
  3. 3
    superintender

This word in other languages

preside(English)presidir(Español)présider(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persidir
  • ppresidir
  • preisdir
  • presdiir
  • presiddir
  • presidirr
  • presidri
  • presiidr
  • pressidir
  • prresidir
  • prseidir
  • rpesidir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

persidir2ppresidir1preisdir2presdiir2presiddir1presidirr1presidri2presiidr2
Edit distance from "presidir"

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 "presidir"?
"presidir" is spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ/.
What does "presidir" mean?
As a verb, "presidir" means: ocupar a presidência
What words are commonly confused with "presidir"?
"presidir" is commonly confused with "presumir", "presídio", "presidido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "presidir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presidir" is /pɾɨ.zi.ˈdiɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presidir" come from?
"presidir" 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 "presidir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

projétil#23,459provisão#23,462pendurar#23,439registre#23,482

Similar misspelling depth

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

pequenino12 variantspadroeiro12 variantsglândula12 variantsgeorgiano12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list