prestável

adj

The verdict

“prestável” is an uncommon Portuguese word, ranked #69,807 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.

#69,807
frequency rank, Portuguese
9
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: diz-se de algo que presta ou pode vir a prestar para alguma finalidade

Key facts for prestável
PropertyValue
Headwordprestável
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#69,807
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prestável” sits in Portuguese frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prestável lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prestável is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #69,807 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for prestável in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. 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 prestável, spelled P-R-E-S-T-Á-V-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    diz-se de algo que presta ou pode vir a prestar para alguma finalidade
  2. 2
    diz-se de pessoa disposta a ajudar os outros

Frequency rank: #69,807 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prestável"?
"prestável" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-Á-V-E-L.
What does "prestável" mean?
As an adjective, "prestável" means: diz-se de algo que presta ou pode vir a prestar para alguma finalidade
What language does "prestável" come from?
"prestável" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “prestável”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-S-T-Á-V-E-L — 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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.