pronto

adj

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The verdict

“pronto” has 9 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #1,294. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,294
frequency rank, Portuguese
1,578
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que está acabado, terminado, concluído:

Corpus desk

Index PT-pronto · pronto · Portuguese

pronto · rank #1,294 · 9 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,294
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,578
  • PHOTO-FINISH tamanho

Nearest frequency peer: tamanho (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “pronto”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “pronto” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pronto vs proto
83% similar
pronto vs pont
67% similar
pronto vs ponto
83% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pronto
PropertyValue
Headwordpronto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,294
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “pronto”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).prontocai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “tamanho” (#1,296), “planeta” (#1,291), “tratamento” (#1,297). Entre 1,578 lemas com “P”, “pronto” fica em #1,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around pronto, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #1,294 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 pronto, with forms such as "pornto", "ppronto", and "prnoto". 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 15 confusable-pair relationships, "proto", "pont", "ponto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is pronto, spelled P-R-O-N-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    que está acabado, terminado, concluído:
  2. 2
    disposto, disponível, apto:

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pronto appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. O trabalho está pronto.
  2. Estou pronto para trabalhar.

This word in other languages

preparado(Español)prêt(Français)bereit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pornto
  • ppronto
  • prnoto
  • pronnto
  • pronot
  • prontto
  • protno
  • prronto
  • rponto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pronto - 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.

pornto2ppronto1prnoto2pronnto1pronot2prontto1protno2prronto1
Edit distance from "pronto"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pronto"?
"pronto" is spelled P-R-O-N-T-O.
What does "pronto" mean?
As an adjective, "pronto" means: que está acabado, terminado, concluído:
What words are commonly confused with "pronto"?
"pronto" is commonly confused with "proto", "pont", "ponto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "pronto" come from?
"pronto" is a Portuguese word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pronto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

aberto#1,300global#1,281efeito#1,280doença#1,279

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

notícia9 variantsagência9 variantsciência9 variantschance9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list