pire

/[ˈpiɾe]/ verb

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#80,382

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

pire is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar. Pronounced [ˈpiɾe].

Key facts for pire
PropertyValue
Headwordpire
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpiɾe]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,382
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pire is 4 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpiɾe]. Corpus data places it at rank #80,382 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.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for pire in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 pire, spelled P-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar.
  2. 2
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar.
  3. 3
    Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de pirar.

Frequency rank: #80,382 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pire"?
"pire" is spelled P-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpiɾe].
What does "pire" mean?
As a verb, "pire" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de pirar.
How do you pronounce "pire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pire" is [ˈpiɾe]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pire" come from?
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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.