pare
[ˈpaɾe]
The verdict
“pare” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #8,289 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,289
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Acción o efecto de parar.
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 | pare |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpaɾe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #8,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pare” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pare is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpaɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,289 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for pare, with forms such as "apre", "paer", and "parre". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pe", "por", "paz", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is pare, spelled P-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Acción o efecto de parar.
- 2Señal convencional de tráfico, representada normalmente por un cartel octogonal de color rojo con la inscripción «PARE» en letras blancas, que indica al conductor que debe detener completamente la marcha.
- 3Acción de generar deliberadamente una reacción de enojo o indignación en otro.
- 4Acción de pactar que quien tenga razón sobre algo que aún no se sabe o que está en duda, reciba un pago o compensación por haber acertado.
- 5Ayuda que se le brinda a alguien.
- 6Mecanismo que detiene o corta una acción mecánica.^([cita requerida]).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: apre,paer,parre,ppare,prae
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pare - 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 “pare”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-A-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpaɾe] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pe” - see the side-by-side comparison. pare vs pe
- 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.