primo
The verdict
“primo” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,792 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #2,792
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - tipo de número que só é divisível por um e por si mesmo
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 | primo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #2,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “primo” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for primo is 5 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #2,792 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "tipo de número que só é divisível por um e por si mesmo".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for primo, with forms such as "pirmo", "pprimo", and "primmo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pro", "print", "prize", 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is primo, spelled P-R-I-M-O.
Definition
- 1tipo de número que só é divisível por um e por si mesmo
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pirmo,pprimo,primmo,priom,prmio,prrimo,rpimo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of primo - 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 “primo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-I-M-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “pro” - see the side-by-side comparison. primo vs pro
- 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.