prefirió
[pɾefiˈɾjo]
The verdict
“prefirió” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,456. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,456
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preferir.
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 | prefirió |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾefiˈɾjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #15,456 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prefirió” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around prefirió (IPA [pɾefiˈɾjo]), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,456 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preferir.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for prefirió, with forms such as "perfirió", "pprefirió", and "preffirió". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "presidio", "prefijo", "preferí", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is prefirió, spelled P-R-E-F-I-R-I-Ó.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preferir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perfirió
- pprefirió
- preffirió
- prefiiró
- prefirrió
- prefirói
- prefriió
- preifrió
- prfeirió
- prrefirió
- rpefirió
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prefirió - 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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Using “prefirió”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-F-I-R-I-Ó - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾefiˈɾjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “presidio” - see the side-by-side comparison. prefirió vs presidio
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.