pare

/[ˈpaɾe]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,289

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pare is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de parar. Pronounced [ˈpaɾe]. It ranks #8,289 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pe and por.

Key facts for pare
PropertyValue
Headwordpare
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpaɾe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#8,289
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pare is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for pare, with forms such as "apre", "paer", and "parre". 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, "pe", "por", "paz", 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 pare, spelled P-A-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de parar.
  2. 2
    Señal 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.
  3. 3
    Acción de generar deliberadamente una reacción de enojo o indignación en otro.
  4. 4
    Acción 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.
  5. 5
    Ayuda que se le brinda a alguien.
  6. 6
    Mecanismo que detiene o corta una acción mecánica.^([cita requerida]).

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apre,paer,parre,ppare,prae

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pare

Misspelling Variants of "pare"

apre4paer4parre5ppare5prae4
Misspelling Variants of "pare"

Frequency rank: #8,289 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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