preventivo

adj

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The verdict

“preventivo” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,974. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,974
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que visa prevenir

Corpus desk

Index PT-preventivo · preventivo · Portuguese

preventivo · rank #37,974 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,974
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH positivismo

Nearest frequency peer: positivismo (-5 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 “preventivo”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “preventivo” 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).

preventivo vs prevenido
80% similar

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

Key facts for preventivo
PropertyValue
Headwordpreventivo
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#37,974
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “preventivo”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).preventivocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “positivismo” (#37,969), “promiscuidade” (#37,979), “raiar” (#37,986). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “preventivo” fica em #37,974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around preventivo, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #37,974 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "que visa prevenir".

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for preventivo, with forms such as "perventivo", "ppreventivo", and "preevntivo". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "prevenido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is preventivo, spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-V-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que visa prevenir

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. «A vacinação é uma das medidas de saúde preventivas mais eficazes que existem para combater doenças infeciosas.»

This word in other languages

preventive(English)preventivo(Español)préventif(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • perventivo
  • ppreventivo
  • preevntivo
  • prevenitvo
  • prevenntivo
  • preventiov
  • preventivvo
  • preventtivo
  • preventvio
  • prevetnivo
  • prevnetivo
  • prevventivo
  • prreventivo
  • prveentivo
  • rpeventivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preventivo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

perventivo2ppreventivo1preevntivo2prevenitvo2prevenntivo1preventiov2preventivvo1preventtivo1
Edit distance from "preventivo"

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 "preventivo"?
"preventivo" is spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-V-O.
What does "preventivo" mean?
As an adjective, "preventivo" means: que visa prevenir
What words are commonly confused with "preventivo"?
"preventivo" is commonly confused with "prevenido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "preventivo" come from?
"preventivo" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preventivo", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

Antarctica15 variantsfatalmente15 variantsburburinho15 variantsextremismo15 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list