prezar
/pɾɨ.ˈzaɾ/
The verdict
“prezar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #95,131 among 1,578 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,131
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - respeitar; considerar
Corpus desk
Index PT-prezar · prezar · Portuguese
prezar · rank #95,131 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,131
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH professore
Nearest frequency peer: professore (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “prezar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- personalista
personalista
4,899 corpus weight
- politician
politician
4,886 corpus weight
- portenho
portenho
4,884 corpus weight
- prezar
prezar
4,870 corpus weight
- professore
professore
4,868 corpus weight
- prostração
prostração
4,863 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “prezar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prezar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /pɾɨ.ˈzaɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #95,131 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “prezar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
prezar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #95,131 among 1,578 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /pɾɨ.ˈzaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "respeitar; considerar".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for prezar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is prezar, spelled P-R-E-Z-A-R.
Definition
- 1respeitar; considerar
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prezar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
“O princípio de toda maior bobagem é um se prezar demais o próprio da própria pessoa”.
This word in other languages
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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