preeminente
[pɾeemiˈnẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“preeminente” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,836 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #68,836
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - De cualidades más elevadas que el resto de sus semejantes.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preeminente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾeemiˈnẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #68,836 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “preeminente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for preeminente is 11 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeemiˈnẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,836 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "De cualidades más elevadas que el resto de sus semejantes.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for preeminente, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is preeminente, spelled P-R-E-E-M-I-N-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1De cualidades más elevadas que el resto de sus semejantes.
This word in other languages
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 “preeminente”
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-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾeemiˈnẽn̪t̪e] (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.