pésame
[ˈpesame]
The verdict
“pésame” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #20,484 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #20,484
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Expresión con que se manifiesta el sentimiento de pena o aflicción por el fallecimiento de una persona. El pésame se da a los familiares más cercanos del fallecido, muy en particular al cónyuge, he...
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 | pésame |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpesame] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #20,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “pésame” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for pésame is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpesame]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,484 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Expresión con que se manifiesta el sentimiento de pena o aflicción por el fallecimiento de una persona. El pésame se da a los familiares más cercanos del fallecido, muy en particular al cónyuge, he...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for pésame, with forms such as "ppésame", "pséame", and "péasme". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "pesar", "pesan", "pésimo", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pésame, spelled P-É-S-A-M-E.
Definition
- 1Expresión con que se manifiesta el sentimiento de pena o aflicción por el fallecimiento de una persona. El pésame se da a los familiares más cercanos del fallecido, muy en particular al cónyuge, hermanos, padres e hijos.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppésame,pséame,péasme,pésaem,pésamme,pésmae,péssame,épsame
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pésame - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “pésame”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-É-S-A-M-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpesame] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pesar” - see the side-by-side comparison. pésame vs pesar
- 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.