prefería
[pɾefeˈɾia]
The verdict
“prefería” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,947
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de preferir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-preferia · prefería · Spanish
prefería · rank #16,947 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,947
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH preocupar
Nearest frequency peer: preocupar (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “prefería”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- podrida
podrida
83,058 corpus weight
- practicas
practicas
83,056 corpus weight
- prefería
prefería
83,054 corpus weight
- preocupar
preocupar
83,053 corpus weight
- presencial
presencial
83,052 corpus weight
- presentaban
presentaban
83,051 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “prefería” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prefería |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾefeˈɾia] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #16,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prefería” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around prefería (IPA [pɾefeˈɾia]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,947 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prefería, with forms such as "perfería", "pprefería", and "preefría". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "preveía", "prefirió", "profecía", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is prefería, spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-Í-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de preferir.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de preferir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perfería
- pprefería
- preefría
- preferaí
- preferría
- prefeíra
- preffería
- prefreía
- prfeería
- prrefería
- rpefería
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prefería - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prefería", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
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.