preceder
[pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]
The verdict
“preceder” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #95,594 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #95,594
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preceder |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,594 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “preceder” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for preceder is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #95,594 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.
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
- 1Ir delante o anteceder en tiempo, orden o lugar.
- 2Anteceder o estar antepuesto.
- 3Tener 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.
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Using “preceder”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-C-E-D-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾeseˈð̞eɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.