pretty

adv

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,522

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

pretty is anPortugueseadv. It means: bem, muito Often confused with preto and preta.

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

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pretty in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for pretty is 6 letters long, classified as anadv. Corpus data places it at rank #11,522 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bem, muito".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pretty, with forms such as "pertty", "ppretty", and "prettyy". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "preto", "preta", "petty", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 pretty, spelled P-R-E-T-T-Y, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bem, muito

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pertty,ppretty,prettyy,prety,pretyt,prretty,prtety,rpetty

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pretty

Misspelling Variants of "pretty"

pertty6ppretty7prettyy7prety5pretyt6prretty7prtety6rpetty6
Misspelling Variants of "pretty"

Frequency rank: #11,522 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pretty"?
"pretty" is spelled P-R-E-T-T-Y.
What does "pretty" mean?
As an adv, "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. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter P in our Portuguese index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.