permanecer

/[peɾmaneˈseɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,102

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

permanecer is aSpanishverb. It means: Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios. Pronounced [peɾmaneˈseɾ]. It ranks #4,102 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pertenecer and permaneció.

Key facts for permanecer
PropertyValue
Headwordpermanecer
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾmaneˈseɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,102
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for permanecer is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾmaneˈseɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,102 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for permanecer, with forms such as "eprmanecer", "pemranecer", and "peramnecer". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "pertenecer", "permaneció", "permanecía", 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 permanecer, spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-C-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eprmanecer,pemranecer,peramnecer,permaencer,permanceer,permaneccer,permanecerr,permanecre,permaneecr,permaneser,permannecer,permmanecer,permnaecer,perrmanecer,ppermanecer,premanecer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for permanecer

Misspelling Variants of "permanecer"

eprmanecer10pemranecer10peramnecer10permaencer10permanceer10permaneccer11permanecerr11permanecre10
Misspelling Variants of "permanecer"

Frequency rank: #4,102 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "permanecer"?
"permanecer" is spelled P-E-R-M-A-N-E-C-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾmaneˈseɾ].
What does "permanecer" mean?
As a verb, "permanecer" means: Conservar el estado, continuar la situación sin cambios.
What words are commonly confused with "permanecer"?
"permanecer" is commonly confused with "pertenecer", "permaneció", "permanecía". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "permanecer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "permanecer" is [peɾmaneˈseɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "permanecer" come from?
"permanecer" 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.