precuela
[pɾeˈkwela]
The verdict
“precuela” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,144 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,144
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obra de ficción (novela, película, historieta, serie de televisión, videojuego, etc.) creada o publicada después de una entrega original que ha tenido éxito y con un argumento relacionado, pero que...
Corpus desk
Index ES-precuela · precuela · Spanish
precuela · rank #51,144 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,144
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH precipita
Nearest frequency peer: precipita (-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 “precuela”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- popularizar
popularizar
48,860 corpus weight
- potenciado
potenciado
48,859 corpus weight
- precipita
precipita
48,858 corpus weight
- precuela
precuela
48,857 corpus weight
- predijeron
predijeron
48,856 corpus weight
- preguntaré
preguntaré
48,854 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “precuela” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precuela |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾeˈkwela] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,144 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “precuela” en español
Rare enough to double-check
precuela is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,144 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɾeˈkwela]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obra de ficción (novela, película, historieta, serie de televisión, videojuego, etc.) creada o publicada después de una entrega original que ha tenido éxito y con un argumento relacionado, pero que...".
precuela doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is precuela, spelled P-R-E-C-U-E-L-A.
Definition
- 1Obra de ficción (novela, película, historieta, serie de televisión, videojuego, etc.) creada o publicada después de una entrega original que ha tenido éxito y con un argumento relacionado, pero que narra una historia anterior a la de dicha entrega original.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how precuela appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Una breve precuela de la última entrega de Harry Potter escrita para causas benéficas por su madre literaria, JK Rowling, alcanzó los 33.000 euros en una subasta...
El último derivado hasta la fecha del clásico de Hooper es La matanza de texas: El origen publicitada como una precuela de de la cinta de Nispel.
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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