pensé
[pẽnˈse]
The verdict
“pensé” has 7 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,522. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,522
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pensar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pense · pensé · Spanish
pensé · rank #1,522 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,522
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH París
Nearest frequency peer: París (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pensé”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- ocasiones
ocasiones
98,482 corpus weight
- parecen
parecen
98,481 corpus weight
- París
París
98,480 corpus weight
- pensé
pensé
98,479 corpus weight
- pide
pide
98,478 corpus weight
- piedra
piedra
98,477 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pensé” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pensé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pẽnˈse] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,522 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pensé” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around pensé (IPA [pẽnˈse]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,522 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pensar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for pensé, with forms such as "epnsé", "pennsé", and "penssé". 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, "pes", "pone", "peso", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pensé, spelled P-E-N-S-É.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de pensar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- epnsé
- pennsé
- penssé
- penés
- pesné
- pnesé
- ppensé
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pensé - 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.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pensé", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pensé". Here's where to go from here.
- "pensé" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "pes". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,522 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.