pararse
[paˈɾaɾse]
The verdict
“pararse” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,509 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,509
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cesar en el movimiento o en la acción; no pasar adelante en ella; dejar de hacer algo.
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 | pararse |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [paˈɾaɾse] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #17,509 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pararse” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pararse is 7 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɾaɾse]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,509 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for pararse, with forms such as "aprarse", "paarrse", and "pararce". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pasase", "pasarse", "pegarse", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pararse, spelled P-A-R-A-R-S-E.
Definition
- 1Cesar en el movimiento o en la acción; no pasar adelante en ella; dejar de hacer algo.
- 2Ponerse de pie, levantarse.
- 3Ponerse en un estado diferente del que se tenía.
- 4Lograr una posición económica sólida.
- 5Estar listo o dispuesto para enfrentar un peligro o situación difícil.
- 6Tomar el tiempo para ejecutar una acción de modo consciente, deliberado, reflexivo.
- 7Dicho del pene: erguirse o ponerse erecto.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: aprarse,paarrse,pararce,parares,pararrse,pararsse,parasre,parrarse,parrase,ppararse,praarse
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pararse - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “pararse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-A-R-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [paˈɾaɾse] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pasase” - see the side-by-side comparison. pararse vs pasase
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.