prevalecer
The verdict
“prevalecer” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #23,095 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a verb.
- #23,095
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ser mais importante que
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prevalecer |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prevalecer” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for prevalecer is 10 letters long, classified as a verb. Corpus data places it at rank #23,095 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prevalecer, with forms such as "pervalecer", "pprevalecer", and "preavlecer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is prevalecer, spelled P-R-E-V-A-L-E-C-E-R.
Definition
- 1ser mais importante que
- 2permanecer existindo, persistir
- 3opor-se
- 4tirar proveito pessoal de
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pervalecer,pprevalecer,preavlecer,prevaelcer,prevalceer,prevaleccer,prevalecerr,prevalecre,prevaleecr,prevallecer,prevlaecer,prevvalecer,prrevalecer,prvealecer,rpevalecer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prevalecer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “prevalecer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-V-A-L-E-C-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.