pregonar
[pɾeɣ̞oˈnaɾ]
The verdict
“pregonar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,837 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,837
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Publicar, hacer notorio en voz alta algo para que llegue a conocimiento de todos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pregonar · pregonar · Spanish
pregonar · rank #74,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,837
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH poéticamente
Nearest frequency peer: poéticamente (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “pregonar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ponis
ponis
25,168 corpus weight
- posaba
posaba
25,167 corpus weight
- posarse
posarse
25,166 corpus weight
- poéticamente
poéticamente
25,165 corpus weight
- pregonar
pregonar
25,164 corpus weight
- presentía
presentía
25,162 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pregonar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pregonar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeɣ̞oˈnaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,837 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pregonar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pregonar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,837 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾeɣ̞oˈnaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pregonar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pregonar, spelled P-R-E-G-O-N-A-R.
Definition
- 1Publicar, hacer notorio en voz alta algo para que llegue a conocimiento de todos.
- 2Decir y publicar a voces la mercancía o género que lleva para vender.
- 3Publicar lo que estaba oculto o lo que debía callarse.
- 4Alabar en público los hechos, virtudes o cualidades de alguien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pregonar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Justo antes de que tú aparecieras con el mando de esta tierra, la noticia fue pregonada en la ciudad.»
«Y es que tengo cargo de pregonar los vinos que en esta ciudad se venden, y en almonedas y cosas perdidas».
Synonyms
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).