pareja

Name: pareja, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[paˈɾexa]

/[paˈɾexa]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“pareja” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,097. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,097
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de dos entidades o individuos que entre sí mantienen correlación, complementariedad o semejanza.

Corpus desk

Index ES-pareja · pareja · Spanish

pareja · rank #1,097 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,097
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH nacionales

Nearest frequency peer: nacionales (-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.

momentos

98,906
nacionales

98,905
pareja

98,904
perfecto

98,903
presenta

98,902
puso

98,901

What this shows “pareja” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

pareja vs presa

67% similar

pareja vs pares

67% similar

pareja vs paren

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for pareja
Property	Value
Headword	pareja
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[paˈɾexa]
Letters	6
Frequency rank	#1,097
Misspellings tracked	8
Confusable pairs	20
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “pareja”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).parejacae aquí:

#1,097

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “nacionales” (#1,096), “perfecto” (#1,098), “momentos” (#1,095). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pareja” va en #1,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around pareja (IPA [paˈɾexa]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,097 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pareja, with forms such as "apreja", "paerja", and "pareaj". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "presa", "pares", "paren", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pareja, spelled P-A-R-E-J-A.

Definition

1
Conjunto de dos entidades o individuos que entre sí mantienen correlación, complementariedad o semejanza.
2
Cada una de estas personas, animales o cosas considerada en relación con la otra.
3
Persona con la que se tiene una relación amorosa que conlleva un grado de compromiso mutuo, se haga vida marital sin haber contraído matrimonio o no.
4
Dos sellos iguales unidos.

This word in other languages

pair(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

apreja
paerja
pareaj
parejja
parjea
parreja
ppareja
praeja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pareja - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "pareja"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pareja"?

"pareja" is spelled P-A-R-E-J-A. The IPA pronunciation is [paˈɾexa].

What does "pareja" mean?

As a noun, "pareja" means: Conjunto de dos entidades o individuos que entre sí mantienen correlación, complementariedad o semejanza.

What words are commonly confused with "pareja"?

"pareja" is commonly confused with "presa", "pares", "paren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "pareja"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pareja" is [paˈɾexa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "pareja" come from?

"pareja" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pareja", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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Similar misspelling depth

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