prestígio
/pɾɨʃ.ˈti.ʒju/
The verdict
“prestígio” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,908. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,908
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - realce, renome, bom crédito
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prestígio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾɨʃ.ˈti.ʒju/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,908 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prestígio” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around prestígio (IPA /pɾɨʃ.ˈti.ʒju/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,908 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for prestígio, with forms such as "perstígio", "pprestígio", and "presstígio". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "presídio", "prestigiado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is prestígio, spelled P-R-E-S-T-Í-G-I-O.
Definition
- 1realce, renome, bom crédito
- 2reputação, estima
- 3autoridade
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perstígio
- pprestígio
- presstígio
- prestgíio
- presttígio
- prestíggio
- prestígoi
- prestíigo
- presítgio
- pretsígio
- prrestígio
- prsetígio
- rpestígio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prestígio - 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.
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.
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Using “prestígio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-S-T-Í-G-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɨʃ.ˈti.ʒju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “presídio” - see the side-by-side comparison. prestígio vs presídio
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.