pera

/[ˈpeɾa]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,975

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

4

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pera is aSpanishnoun. It 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... Pronounced [ˈpeɾa]. Often confused with por and pro.

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

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pera is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpeɾa]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,975 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 4 documented wrong-spelling variants for pera, with forms such as "epra", "pear", and "ppera". 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, "por", "pro", "pri", 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 pera, spelled P-E-R-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epra,pear,ppera,prea

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pera

Misspelling Variants of "pera"

epra4pear4ppera5prea4
Misspelling Variants of "pera"

Frequency rank: #13,975 in Spanish

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. 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.