para

/[ˈpaɾa]/ prep

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#18

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

para is aSpanishprep. It means: Indica el objetivo o finalidad de la acción. Pronounced [ˈpaɾa]. It ranks #18 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with por and paz.

Key facts for para
PropertyValue
Headwordpara
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈpaɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#18
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of para in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for para is 4 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #18 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 17 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for para, with forms such as "apra", "paar", and "ppara". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "por", "paz", "pro", and more, 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 Spanish form is para, spelled P-A-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indica el objetivo o finalidad de la acción.
  2. 2
    Indica el uso o destino que se le da a algo.
  3. 3
    Indica el destinatario de la acción.
  4. 4
    Indica aptitudes personales.
  5. 5
    Indica la dirección o destino del movimiento.
  6. 6
    Indica un plazo o tiempo futuro impreciso.
  7. 7
    Indica el tiempo que transcurre para la acción o que dura un estado o situación.
  8. 8
    Indica la consecuencia previsible de un desgaste.
  9. 9
    Indica que alguien o algo no está tan mal o malo como se podría suponer.
  10. 10
    Indica que algo no es adecuado o proporcionado con lo que le corresponde o sus circunstancias.
  11. 11
    Indica acumulación de contrariedades.
  12. 12
    Indica el último elemento de un cúmulo de contrariedades en frases hechas.
  13. 13
    Junto a un verbo indica que se está pronto a efectuar la acción.
  14. 14
    Con pronombres personales como "mí", "ti", "si" y ciertos verbos indica un acto íntimo, secreto o interno, que no se comunica hacia los demás.
  15. 15
    Con algunos nombres y verbos, quiere decir "comprar para", "entregar a", "regalar a".
  16. 16
    Indica una opinión.
  17. 17
    Indica la cantidad de minutos que faltan desde los 30 minutos hasta el minuto 59 de una hora para alcanzar la hora siguiente.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apra,paar,ppara,praa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for para

Misspelling Variants of "para"

apra4paar4ppara5praa4
Misspelling Variants of "para"

Frequency rank: #18 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "para"?
"para" is spelled P-A-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpaɾa].
What does "para" mean?
As a prep, "para" means: Indica el objetivo o finalidad de la acción.
What words are commonly confused with "para"?
"para" is commonly confused with "por", "paz", "pro". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "para"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "para" is [ˈpaɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "para" come from?
"para" is a Spanish 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.