pair
/pɛə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“pair” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,497 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,497
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Par.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pair · pair · Spanish
pair · rank #59,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,497
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH ox
Nearest frequency peer: ox (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pair”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- oroya
oroya
40,508 corpus weight
- osada
osada
40,507 corpus weight
- ox
ox
40,505 corpus weight
- pair
pair
40,504 corpus weight
- Palmares
Palmares
40,503 corpus weight
- pandillero
pandillero
40,500 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pair” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pair |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /pɛə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #59,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pair” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pair is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,497 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /pɛə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pair in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pair, spelled P-A-I-R.
Definition
- 1Par.
- 2Pareja.
- 3Usado con nombres binarios.
- 4Una pareja de animales de trabajo unidas para trabajar juntas, como por una yunta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pair appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
I couldn't decide which of the pair of designer shirts I preferred, so I bought the pair.
Spouses should make a great pair.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).