preempción
[pɾeẽmpˈsjõn]
The verdict
“preempción” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Derecho a comprar una propiedad antes que otros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-preempcion · preempción · Spanish
preempción · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preempción |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾeẽmpˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “preempción” en español
Rare enough to double-check
preempción is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pɾeẽmpˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for preempción, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is preempción, spelled P-R-E-E-M-P-C-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Derecho a comprar una propiedad antes que otros.
- 2Capacidad de apropiarse de un terreno antes que otros tengan acceso a él.
- 3Capacidad de un sistema operativo para interrumpir temporalmente una tarea sin necesidad de obtener su cooperación para ello.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how preempción appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es necesario y definitivo que los Estados colonizadores delimiten los territorios aún desocupados del hinterland: y los tratados de repartos así conlcuidos confían a cada Estado sobre su zona de influencia o territorio de expansión una soberanía exclusiva nominal. Pero este derecho territorial no es definitivo: es un simple derecho de preempción que debe…
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