promessa
/pɾu.ˈmɛ.sɐ/
The verdict
“promessa” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,715. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,715
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 3,113
- “P” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ação de prometer
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 | promessa |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɾu.ˈmɛ.sɐ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,715 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “promessa” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around promessa (IPA /pɾu.ˈmɛ.sɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,715 among 3,113 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for promessa, with forms such as "pormessa", "ppromessa", and "prmoessa". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "pressa", "processo", "premissa", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is promessa, spelled P-R-O-M-E-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1ação de prometer
- 2o que se promete
- 3compromisso de fazer algo
- 4contrato
- 5juramento feito a Deus ou aos santos para conseguir uma graça
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pormessa
- ppromessa
- prmoessa
- proemssa
- promesa
- promesas
- prommessa
- promsesa
- prromessa
- rpomessa
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of promessa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “promessa”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is P-R-O-M-E-S-S-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /pɾu.ˈmɛ.sɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pressa” - see the side-by-side comparison. promessa vs pressa
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
Same frequency band
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.