pregarvspremiarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“pregar” and “premiar” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,748
“pregar” frequency rank
#21,273
“premiar” frequency rank
34021
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pregar premiar
Definition fixar ou segurar com pregos recompensar

Letter map: pregar vs premiar

Shared letters muted; letters that set pregar and premiar apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. pregar runs 6 letters (CCVCVC) against premiar's 7 (CCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
pregar
7 ch
premiar

Corpus notes: pregar and premiar

pregar and premiar are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34021, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pregar is recorded at frequency rank #12,748, classified as averb. premiar is at rank #21,273, tagged as averb, pronounced /pɾɨ.ˈmjaɾ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 34021, this pair ranks #33,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pregar vs premiar

Shared letters: aepr. Private to "pregar": g. Private to "premiar": im.

"pregar" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "premiar" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pregar ← pergar · ppregar · preagr · pregarr · preggar · pregra · prgear · prregar
  • premiar ← permiar · ppremiar · preimar · premair · premiarr · premira · premmiar · prmeiar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pregar" for "premiar" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "pregar" vs "premiar" - which ranks higher?
"pregar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,748 in our Portuguese list, against #21,273 for "premiar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "pregar" vs "premiar" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pregar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "premiar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #33,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pregar" and "premiar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "predial vs premiar". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #33,353 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list