preceder

[pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]

/[pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“preceder” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,594 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,594
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-preceder · preceder · Spanish

preceder · rank #95,594 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,594
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH precedía

Nearest frequency peer: precedía (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “preceder”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “preceder” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for preceder
PropertyValue
Headwordpreceder
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,594
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “preceder” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.precedercae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “precedía” (#95,595), “practicará” (#95,592), “prendiera” (#95,597). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “preceder” va en #95,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

preceder is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,594 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

preceder doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is preceder, spelled P-R-E-C-E-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar.
  2. 2
    Anteceder o estar antepuesto.
  3. 3
    Tener una persona o una cosa preferencia, primacía o superioridad sobre otra.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preceder"?
"preceder" is spelled P-R-E-C-E-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ].
What does "preceder" mean?
As a verb, "preceder" means: Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar.
How do you pronounce "preceder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "preceder" is [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "preceder" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preceder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list