pareja

/[paˈɾexa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,097

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pareja is aSpanishnoun. It means: Conjunto de dos entidades o individuos que entre sí mantienen correlación, complementariedad o semejanza. Pronounced [paˈɾexa]. It ranks #1,097 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with presa and pares.

Key facts for pareja
PropertyValue
Headwordpareja
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[paˈɾexa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,097
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pareja is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [paˈɾexa]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,097 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for pareja, with forms such as "apreja", "paerja", and "pareaj". 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, "presa", "pares", "paren", 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 pareja, spelled P-A-R-E-J-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conjunto de dos entidades o individuos que entre sí mantienen correlación, complementariedad o semejanza.
  2. 2
    Cada una de estas personas, animales o cosas considerada en relación con la otra.
  3. 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. 4
    Dos sellos iguales unidos.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: apreja,paerja,pareaj,parejja,parjea,parreja,ppareja,praeja

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pareja

Misspelling Variants of "pareja"

apreja6paerja6pareaj6parejja7parjea6parreja7ppareja7praeja6
Misspelling Variants of "pareja"

Frequency rank: #1,097 in Spanish

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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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.