pera

[ˈpeɾa]

/[ˈpeɾa]/ noun

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The verdict

“pera” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,975) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#13,975
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fruto del peral (Pyrus communis) y otras especies afines. Es un pomo suculento, de pulpa blanca y fina piel que va del verde claro al rojo intenso, cuya característica forma con un extremo más grue...

Corpus desk

Index ES-pera · pera · Spanish

pera · rank #13,975 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,975
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH perderá

Nearest frequency peer: perderá (+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.

Vecinos de frecuencia del confusable “pera”

Pares de peso similar en el corpus, aparte de los confusables abajo

corpus weight

What this shows Las barras sitúan “pera” frente a los lemas españoles más cercanos por rango, no un reprint del escritorio de confusables.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

pera vs por
50% similar
pera vs pro
50% similar
pera vs pri
50% similar

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

Key facts for pera
PropertyValue
Headwordpera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpeɾa]
Letters4
Frequency rank#13,975
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rango de corpus junto a confusables de “pera”

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “perderá” (#13,976), “payasos” (#13,973), “performance” (#13,977). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pera” va en #13,975. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for pera is neighbouring look-alikes ("por", "pro", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈpeɾa]. Frequency #13,975 among 6,028 “P” headwords. 5 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for pera, with forms such as "epra", "pear", and "ppera". 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, "por", "pro", "pri", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pera, spelled P-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fruto del peral (Pyrus communis) y otras especies afines. Es un pomo suculento, de pulpa blanca y fina piel que va del verde claro al rojo intenso, cuya característica forma con un extremo más grueso que el otro se denomina por antonomasia piriforme. Es uno de los frutos más cultivados en las regiones frías de Europa, junto con la manzana.
  2. 2
    Protuberancia hacia adelante del maxilar inferior de la mandíbula del ser humano.
  3. 3
    Utensilio piriforme empleado para bombear manualmente líquidos o aire.
  4. 4
    Lavativa, enema.
  5. 5
    Glándula mamaria.

Synonyms

barbillamentónPechoteta

This word in other languages

pear(English)poire(Français)Birne(Deutsch)pêra(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • epra
  • pear
  • ppera
  • prea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pera - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

epra2pear2ppera1prea2
Edit distance from "pera"

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 "pera"?
"pera" is spelled P-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpeɾa].
What does "pera" mean?
As a noun, "pera" means: Fruto del peral (Pyrus communis) y otras especies afines. Es un pomo suculento, de pulpa blanca y fina piel que va del verde claro al rojo intenso, cuya característica forma con un extremo más grue...
What words are commonly confused with "pera"?
"pera" is commonly confused with "por", "pro", "pri". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pera" is [ˈpeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pera" come from?
"pera" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list