pretty

adv

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The verdict

“pretty” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #11,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,522
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bem, muito

Corpus desk

Index PT-pretty · pretty · Portuguese

pretty · rank #11,522 · 8 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,522
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH preguiçoso

Nearest frequency peer: preguiçoso (-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 “pretty”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “pretty” 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).

pretty vs preto
67% similar
pretty vs preta
67% similar
pretty vs petty
83% similar

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

Key facts for pretty
PropertyValue
Headwordpretty
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdverb
Letters6
Frequency rank#11,522
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pretty”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).prettycai 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 “preguiçoso” (#11,521), “poética” (#11,520), “pipa” (#11,518). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pretty” fica em #11,522. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pretty, anadverb. Corpus frequency is #11,522 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "bem, muito".

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pretty, with forms such as "pertty", "ppretty", and "prettyy". 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, "preto", "preta", "petty", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is pretty, spelled P-R-E-T-T-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    bem, muito

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. I'm pretty sure it was working as she said.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pertty
  • ppretty
  • prettyy
  • prety
  • pretyt
  • prretty
  • prtety
  • rpetty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pertty2ppretty1prettyy1prety1pretyt2prretty1prtety2rpetty2
Edit distance from "pretty"

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 "pretty"?
"pretty" is spelled P-R-E-T-T-Y.
What does "pretty" mean?
As an adverb, "pretty" means: bem, muito
What words are commonly confused with "pretty"?
"pretty" is commonly confused with "preto", "preta", "petty". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pretty" come from?
"pretty" 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 "pretty", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

recuar#11,530return#11,538mártir#11,505morder#11,503

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

sênior8 variantsgazeta8 variantsgaveta8 variantsamargo8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list