presumir
/pɾɨ.zu.ˈmiɾ/
The verdict
“presumir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,871. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,871
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - concluir antecipadamente a partir de indícios e suposições, e não de fatos comprovados; conjecturar, supor
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 | presumir |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.zu.ˈmiɾ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #29,871 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “presumir” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around presumir (IPA /pɾɨ.zu.ˈmiɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #29,871 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for presumir, with forms such as "persumir", "ppresumir", and "presmuir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "presidir", "presumido", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 presumir, spelled P-R-E-S-U-M-I-R.
Definition
- 1concluir antecipadamente a partir de indícios e suposições, e não de fatos comprovados; conjecturar, supor
- 2supor antecipadamente; prever, pressupor, achar
- 3o mesmo que pressupor ('fazer supor')
- 4desconfiar de; suspeitar
- 5formar ideia sem base real; imaginar, pensar, supor
- 6ter presunção ou vaidade; vangloriar(-se)
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- persumir
- ppresumir
- presmuir
- pressumir
- presuimr
- presumirr
- presummir
- presumri
- preusmir
- prresumir
- prseumir
- rpesumir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of presumir - 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.
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 “presumir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-S-U-M-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾɨ.zu.ˈmiɾ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “presidir” - see the side-by-side comparison. presumir vs presidir
- 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.