primero
"primero" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“primero” is uncommon English (frequency #97,458 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,458
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
Corpus desk
Index EN-primero · primero · English
primero · rank #97,458 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,458
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 46,516
- PHOTO-FINISH prerelease
Nearest frequency peer: prerelease (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “primero”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- portside
portside
2,548 corpus weight
- prerelease
prerelease
2,544 corpus weight
- primero
primero
2,543 corpus weight
- propensities
propensities
2,542 corpus weight
- proscription
proscription
2,541 corpus weight
- pshh
pshh
2,538 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “primero” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | primero |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #97,458 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “primero” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
primero is uncommon English at frequency #97,458 among 46,516 “P” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.".
No misspelling variants are generated for primero in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Spanish primera, feminine form of primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier. The correct English form is primero, spelled P-R-I-M-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1A card game resembling poker, dating back at least to the 16th century.
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish primera, feminine form of primero (“first”), from Latin prīmārius. See premier.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "primero", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.