primeiro
[pɾi.ˈmej.ɾʊ]
The verdict
“primeiro” is in the everyday core of Portuguese, ranked #142 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #142
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição inicial em uma série; o mais antigo; o que vem antes
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 | primeiro |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾi.ˈmej.ɾʊ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #142 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “primeiro” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for primeiro is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾi.ˈmej.ɾʊ]. Corpus data places it at rank #142 in overall Portuguese word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição inicial em uma série; o mais antigo; o que vem antes".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for primeiro, with forms such as "pirmeiro", "pprimeiro", and "priemiro". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "primeira", "perímetro", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is primeiro, spelled P-R-I-M-E-I-R-O.
Definition
- 1refere-se àquele que ocupa a posição inicial em uma série; o mais antigo; o que vem antes
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirmeiro,pprimeiro,priemiro,primeior,primeirro,primerio,primiero,primmeiro,prmieiro,prrimeiro,rpimeiro
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of primeiro - 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 “primeiro”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-I-M-E-I-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾi.ˈmej.ɾʊ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “primeira” - see the side-by-side comparison. primeiro vs primeira
- 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.