persuadir
[peɾswaˈð̞iɾ]
The verdict
“persuadir” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,456 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #20,456
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Hacer que alguien adopte una manera de pensar o de actuar mediante el uso de argumentos.
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 | persuadir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾswaˈð̞iɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #20,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “persuadir” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for persuadir is 9 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾswaˈð̞iɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,456 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Hacer que alguien adopte una manera de pensar o de actuar mediante el uso de argumentos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for persuadir, with forms such as "eprsuadir", "perrsuadir", and "persaudir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "persuadido", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is persuadir, spelled P-E-R-S-U-A-D-I-R.
Definition
- 1Hacer que alguien adopte una manera de pensar o de actuar mediante el uso de argumentos.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprsuadir,perrsuadir,persaudir,perssuadir,persuaddir,persuadirr,persuadri,persuaidr,persudair,perusadir,pesruadir,ppersuadir,presuadir
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of persuadir - 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.
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Using “persuadir”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-S-U-A-D-I-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɾswaˈð̞iɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “persuadido” - see the side-by-side comparison. persuadir vs persuadido
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.