plegaria

/[pleˈɣ̞aɾja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#22,461

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

plegaria is aSpanishnoun. It means: Esfuerzo de comunicarse con alguna deidad o espíritu, ya sea para ofrecer pleitesía, hacer una petición o simplemente expresar los pensamientos y las emociones Pronounced [pleˈɣ̞aɾja]. Often confused with plenario and pagaría.

Key facts for plegaria
PropertyValue
Headwordplegaria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pleˈɣ̞aɾja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,461
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for plegaria is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pleˈɣ̞aɾja]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,461 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for plegaria, with forms such as "lpegaria", "pelgaria", and "pleagria". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "plenario", "pagaría", 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 plegaria, spelled P-L-E-G-A-R-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esfuerzo de comunicarse con alguna deidad o espíritu, ya sea para ofrecer pleitesía, hacer una petición o simplemente expresar los pensamientos y las emociones
  2. 2
    Texto ritual que se utiliza para este esfuerzo, como el padrenuestro cristiano, el shemá Israel judío o las cinco plegarias diarias del salat musulmán

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: lpegaria,pelgaria,pleagria,plegaira,plegarai,plegarria,pleggaria,plegraia,plgearia,pllegaria,pplegaria

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for plegaria

Misspelling Variants of "plegaria"

lpegaria8pelgaria8pleagria8plegaira8plegarai8plegarria9pleggaria9plegraia8
Misspelling Variants of "plegaria"

Frequency rank: #22,461 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "plegaria"?
"plegaria" is spelled P-L-E-G-A-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pleˈɣ̞aɾja].
What does "plegaria" mean?
As a noun, "plegaria" means: Esfuerzo de comunicarse con alguna deidad o espíritu, ya sea para ofrecer pleitesía, hacer una petición o simplemente expresar los pensamientos y las emociones
What words are commonly confused with "plegaria"?
"plegaria" is commonly confused with "plenario", "pagaría". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "plegaria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "plegaria" is [pleˈɣ̞aɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "plegaria" come from?
"plegaria" 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.