prever

//pɾɨ.ˈveɾ// verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,247

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

prever is aPortugueseverb. It means: ver, saber, examinar antecipadamente; antever Pronounced /pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/. It ranks #8,247 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with prove and provar.

Key facts for prever
PropertyValue
Headwordprever
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/
Letters6
Frequency rank#8,247
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prever is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #8,247 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for prever, with forms such as "perver", "pprever", and "preevr". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "prove", "provar", "prévio", and more, 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 prever, spelled P-R-E-V-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    ver, saber, examinar antecipadamente; antever
  2. 2
    conjeturar; pressupor
  3. 3
    fazer suposições; calcular

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: perver,pprever,preevr,preverr,prevre,prevver,prrever,prveer,rpever

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prever

Misspelling Variants of "prever"

perver6pprever7preevr6preverr7prevre6prevver7prrever7prveer6
Misspelling Variants of "prever"

Frequency rank: #8,247 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prever"?
"prever" is spelled P-R-E-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/.
What does "prever" mean?
As a verb, "prever" means: ver, saber, examinar antecipadamente; antever
What words are commonly confused with "prever"?
"prever" is commonly confused with "prove", "provar", "prévio". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prever"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prever" is /pɾɨ.ˈveɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prever" come from?
"prever" 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.