prudente

//pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,911

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

prudente is anPortugueseadj. It means: que tem ou usa de prudência Pronounced /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/. It ranks #9,911 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with presente and pendente.

Key facts for prudente
PropertyValue
Headwordprudente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,911
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of prudente in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for prudente is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #9,911 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for prudente, with forms such as "pprudente", "prduente", and "prrudente". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "presente", "pendente", "premente", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is prudente, spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que tem ou usa de prudência
  2. 2
    cauteloso na forma como procura antecipar ou evitar perigos

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pprudente,prduente,prrudente,pruddente,prudenet,prudennte,prudentte,prudetne,prudnete,pruednte,purdente,rpudente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for prudente

Misspelling Variants of "prudente"

pprudente9prduente8prrudente9pruddente9prudenet8prudennte9prudentte9prudetne8
Misspelling Variants of "prudente"

Frequency rank: #9,911 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prudente"?
"prudente" is spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.
What does "prudente" mean?
As an adj, "prudente" means: que tem ou usa de prudência
What words are commonly confused with "prudente"?
"prudente" is commonly confused with "presente", "pendente", "premente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prudente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prudente" is /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prudente" come from?
"prudente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.