preferible
[pɾefeˈɾiβ̞le]
The verdict
“preferible” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,030. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #12,030
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Digno de preferirse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-preferible · preferible · Spanish
preferible · rank #12,030 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #12,030
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH predio
Nearest frequency peer: predio (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “preferible”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- plantean
plantean
87,975 corpus weight
- predecir
predecir
87,973 corpus weight
- predio
predio
87,972 corpus weight
- preferible
preferible
87,971 corpus weight
- preferiría
preferiría
87,970 corpus weight
- pronuncia
pronuncia
87,968 corpus weight
What this shows “preferible” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
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 | preferible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾefeˈɾiβ̞le] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #12,030 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “preferible”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around preferible (IPA [pɾefeˈɾiβ̞le]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,030 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Digno de preferirse.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for preferible, with forms such as "perferible", "ppreferible", and "preefrible". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "predecible", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is preferible, spelled P-R-E-F-E-R-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Digno de preferirse.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how preferible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Los topónimos México y Texas, y sus derivados, presentan variantes ortográficas con -j-; también válidas: Méjico, Tejas, mejicano, tejano, etc. En el caso de México y sus derivados, las grafías con -x- resultan preferibles por ser las usadas en el propio país y hoy ya, de forma mayoritaria, en el resto del ámbito hispánico».
«Estas invenciones dan dinero y poder, dominio material; pero esto ¿qué vale? ¿Qué importa que salga luz del corazón y del cerebro, si para ver lo que vemos sería preferible vivir a oscuras? Si yo supiera crear fuego * en todos los corazones e ideas nobles y generosas en todos los cerebros, ¡esta sí que sería una invención maravillosa!».
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perferible
- ppreferible
- preefrible
- prefeirble
- preferbile
- preferibble
- preferibel
- preferiblle
- preferilbe
- preferivle
- preferrible
- prefferible
- prefreible
- prfeerible
- prreferible
- rpeferible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preferible - 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.
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Same letter count
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