priest
/ˈpɹiːst/
The verdict
“priest” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #47,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,020
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - clérigo; presbítero; sacerdote
Corpus desk
Index PT-priest · priest · Portuguese
priest · rank #47,020 · 9 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,020
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH privativo
Nearest frequency peer: privativo (+1 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 “priest”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- Pluto
Pluto
52,996 corpus weight
- predição
predição
52,987 corpus weight
- priest
priest
52,981 corpus weight
- privativo
privativo
52,980 corpus weight
- quirguiz
quirguiz
52,968 corpus weight
- rapida
rapida
52,963 corpus weight
What this shows “priest” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | priest |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɹiːst/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #47,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “priest”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around priest (IPA /ˈpɹiːst/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,020 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for priest, with forms such as "pirest", "ppriest", and "preist". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "print", "preso", "presa", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is priest, spelled P-R-I-E-S-T.
Definition
- 1clérigo; presbítero; sacerdote
- 2padre católico
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pirest
- ppriest
- preist
- priesst
- priestt
- priets
- priset
- prriest
- rpiest
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of priest - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "priest", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).