prestar

verb

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The verdict

“prestar” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,793. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,793
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dedicar; dar com profunda afeição

Corpus desk

Index PT-prestar · prestar · Portuguese

prestar · rank #3,793 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,793
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH poeta

Nearest frequency peer: poeta (-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 “prestar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “prestar” 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).

prestar vs preta
71% similar
prestar vs Prestes
57% similar
prestar vs protestar
78% similar

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

Key facts for prestar
PropertyValue
Headwordprestar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,793
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “prestar”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).prestarcai 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 “poeta” (#3,792), “prémio” (#3,794), “passeio” (#3,791). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “prestar” fica em #3,793. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around prestar, averb. Corpus frequency is #3,793 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prestar, with forms such as "perstar", "pprestar", and "presatr". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "preta", "Prestes", "protestar", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is prestar, spelled P-R-E-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dedicar; dar com profunda afeição
  2. 2
    realizar verbal e publicamente
  3. 3
    dar de bom grado; dispensar
  4. 4
    dar rápida e cuidadosamente; dispensar
  5. 5
    comunicar, emprestar, transmitir
  6. 6
    submeter-se como candidato à prova em que se concorre e aos aprovados ou melhores aprovados se destina uma ou mais de uma vaga como estudante ou uma ou mais de uma vaga como empregado (seguido de preposição: para)
  7. 7
    ter préstimo, ter prestimosidade, ter serventia, ser útil
  8. 8
    ter boa índole, ter boa personalidade, ter bom caráter, ser bom

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Prestar juramento.
  2. Prestar deferência

Synonyms

darconcederconferirrenderdispensarfazerrealizarexecutar

This word in other languages

pay(English)rendre(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perstar
  • pprestar
  • presatr
  • presstar
  • prestarr
  • prestra
  • presttar
  • pretsar
  • prrestar
  • prsetar
  • rpestar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

perstar2pprestar1presatr2presstar1prestarr1prestra2presttar1pretsar2
Edit distance from "prestar"

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 "prestar"?
"prestar" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-A-R.
What does "prestar" mean?
As a verb, "prestar" means: dedicar; dar com profunda afeição
What words are commonly confused with "prestar"?
"prestar" is commonly confused with "preta", "Prestes", "protestar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "prestar" come from?
"prestar" 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 "prestar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

passeio#3,791oficina#3,789ocupado#3,788japonês#3,777

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

indicação11 variantsinclusão11 variantsanalisar11 variantsassegurar11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list