prevalência

noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,407

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

prevalência is aPortuguesenoun. It means: número de casos Often confused with previdência.

Key facts for prevalência
PropertyValue
Headwordprevalência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,407
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prevalência is 11 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #20,407 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "número de casos".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for prevalência, with forms such as "pervalência", "pprevalência", and "preavlência". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "previdência", 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 prevalência, spelled P-R-E-V-A-L-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    número de casos

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pervalência,pprevalência,preavlência,prevallência,prevalnêcia,prevalêcnia,prevalêncai,prevalênccia,prevalênica,prevalênncia,prevaêlncia,prevlaência,prevvalência,prrevalência,prvealência,rpevalência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prevalência

Misspelling Variants of "prevalência"

pervalência11pprevalência12preavlência11prevallência12prevalnêcia11prevalêcnia11prevalêncai11prevalênccia12
Misspelling Variants of "prevalência"

Frequency rank: #20,407 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prevalência"?
"prevalência" is spelled P-R-E-V-A-L-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "prevalência" mean?
As a noun, "prevalência" means: número de casos
What words are commonly confused with "prevalência"?
"prevalência" is commonly confused with "previdência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "prevalência" come from?
"prevalência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.