previamente
The verdict
“previamente” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #7,686 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #7,686
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - um tempo antes, em momento anterior, antecipadamente;
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | previamente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #7,686 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “previamente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for previamente is 11 letters long, classified as an adverb. Corpus data places it at rank #7,686 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "um tempo antes, em momento anterior, antecipadamente;".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for previamente, with forms such as "perviamente", "ppreviamente", and "preivamente". 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, "precisamente", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is previamente, spelled P-R-E-V-I-A-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1um tempo antes, em momento anterior, antecipadamente;
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: perviamente,ppreviamente,preivamente,prevaimente,previaemnte,previamenet,previamennte,previamentte,previametne,previammente,previamnete,previmaente,prevviamente,prreviamente,prveiamente,rpeviamente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of previamente - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “previamente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-E-V-I-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “precisamente” - see the side-by-side comparison. previamente vs precisamente
- 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.