prudente
/pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“prudente” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #9,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,911
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,578
- “P” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que tem ou usa de prudência
Corpus desk
Index PT-prudente · prudente · Portuguese
prudente · rank #9,911 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,911
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,578
- PHOTO-FINISH public
Nearest frequency peer: public (+1 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 “prudente”
Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho
- prestígio
prestígio
90,093 corpus weight
- presídio
presídio
90,092 corpus weight
- prudente
prudente
90,090 corpus weight
- public
public
90,089 corpus weight
- recolha
recolha
90,088 corpus weight
- relembrar
relembrar
90,086 corpus weight
What this shows “prudente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.
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 | prudente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,911 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequência do íman ortográfico “prudente”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around prudente (IPA /pɾu.ˈdẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,911 among 1,578 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for prudente, with forms such as "pprudente", "prduente", and "prrudente". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "presente", "pendente", "premente", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is prudente, spelled P-R-U-D-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que tem ou usa de prudência
- 2cauteloso na forma como procura antecipar ou evitar perigos
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how prudente appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Avançavam tateando o caminho, de forma prudente.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pprudente
- prduente
- prrudente
- pruddente
- prudenet
- prudennte
- prudentte
- prudetne
- prudnete
- pruednte
- purdente
- rpudente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prudente - 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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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prudente", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).