pega

/[ˈpeɣ̞a]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,143

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pega is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de pegar o conglutinar una cosa con otra. Pronounced [ˈpeɣ̞a]. It ranks #5,143 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with Per and pez.

Key facts for pega
PropertyValue
Headwordpega
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpeɣ̞a]
Letters4
Frequency rank#5,143
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pega is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpeɣ̞a]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,143 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 10 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 pega, with forms such as "epga", "peag", and "pegga". 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, "Per", "pez", "pen", 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 pega, spelled P-E-G-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de pegar o conglutinar una cosa con otra.
  2. 2
    Baño que se da con la pez a los vasos o vasijas; como son tinajas, ollas, cántaros, pellejos, etc.
  3. 3
    Pez marino del orden de los acantopterigios, de unos cuarenta centímetros de largo y de siete a nueve en su mayor diámetro; fusiforme, de color ceniciento, con una aleta dorsal y otra ventral que nacen en la mitad del cuerpo y se prolongan hasta la cola, y encima de la cabeza un disco oval, formado por una serie de láminas cartilaginosas movibles, con el cual hace el vacío para adherirse fuertemente a los objetos flotantes. Los antiguos le atribuían la propiedad de detener las naves.
  4. 4
    Burla o engaño que se hace a uno por entretenimiento y diversión. Dícese más comúnmente de los que se dan en carnaval.
  5. 5
    Entre estudiantes, pregunta difícil de contestar en exámenes.
  6. 6
    Castigo que se da a uno, especialmente de azotes o golpes.
  7. 7
    Acción de pegar fuego a un barreno.
  8. 8
    Obstáculo o contratiempo.
  9. 9
    Empleo, ocupación en un trabajo remunerado.
  10. 10
    Pegamento, substancia utilizada para unir cosas.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epga,peag,pegga,pgea,ppega

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pega

Misspelling Variants of "pega"

epga4peag4pegga5pgea4ppega5
Misspelling Variants of "pega"

Frequency rank: #5,143 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pega"?
"pega" is spelled P-E-G-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpeɣ̞a].
What does "pega" mean?
As a noun, "pega" means: Acción de pegar o conglutinar una cosa con otra.
What words are commonly confused with "pega"?
"pega" is commonly confused with "Per", "pez", "pen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pega"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pega" is [ˈpeɣ̞a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pega" come from?
"pega" 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.