preeminencia
[pɾeemiˈnẽnsja]
The verdict
“preeminencia” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #50,496 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #50,496
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Calidad de preeminente. Privilegio, ventaja o preferencia que goza uno respecto de otro por razón o mérito especial.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preeminencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾeemiˈnẽnsja] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,496 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “preeminencia” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for preeminencia is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeemiˈnẽnsja]. Corpus data places it at rank #50,496 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Calidad de preeminente. Privilegio, ventaja o preferencia que goza uno respecto de otro por razón o mérito especial.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for preeminencia in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is preeminencia, spelled P-R-E-E-M-I-N-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Calidad de preeminente. Privilegio, ventaja o preferencia que goza uno respecto de otro por razón o mérito especial.
Synonyms
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 “preeminencia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-E-M-I-N-E-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾeemiˈnẽnsja] (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.