pereza

/[peˈɾesa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#15,447

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

pereza is aSpanishnoun. It means: Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas. Pronounced [peˈɾesa]. Often confused with pieza and presa.

Key facts for pereza
PropertyValue
Headwordpereza
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[peˈɾesa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#15,447
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pereza is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peˈɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,447 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 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 pereza, with forms such as "epreza", "peerza", and "pereaz". 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, "pieza", "presa", "perra", 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 pereza, spelled P-E-R-E-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas.
  2. 2
    Morosidad o tardanza en hacer las cosas.
  3. 3
    (suborden Folivora) Cualquiera de seis especies de mamíferos arborícolas, endémicos de las selvas húmedas de Centro y Sudamérica, de muy lento metabolismo.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epreza,peerza,pereaz,perezza,perreza,perzea,ppereza,preeza

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pereza

Misspelling Variants of "pereza"

epreza6peerza6pereaz6perezza7perreza7perzea6ppereza7preeza6
Misspelling Variants of "pereza"

Frequency rank: #15,447 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pereza"?
"pereza" is spelled P-E-R-E-Z-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peˈɾesa].
What does "pereza" mean?
As a noun, "pereza" means: Falta de esfuerzo o dedicación para la realización de las tareas necesarias o prescritas.
What words are commonly confused with "pereza"?
"pereza" is commonly confused with "pieza", "presa", "perra". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pereza"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pereza" is [peˈɾesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pereza" come from?
"pereza" 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.