pregunta

/[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#491

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

pregunta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Locución o enunciación que solicita del interlocutor alguna información a modo de respuesta Pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]. It ranks #491 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with presenta and pregunto.

Key facts for pregunta
PropertyValue
Headwordpregunta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]
Letters8
Frequency rank#491
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of pregunta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pregunta is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #491 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for pregunta, with forms such as "pergunta", "ppregunta", and "preggunta". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "presenta", "pregunto", "pregunté", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is pregunta, spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Locución o enunciación que solicita del interlocutor alguna información a modo de respuesta
  2. 2
    Cada uno de los ítems de una prueba o cuestionario

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pergunta,ppregunta,preggunta,pregnuta,pregunat,pregunnta,preguntta,pregutna,preugnta,prgeunta,prregunta,rpegunta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pregunta

Misspelling Variants of "pregunta"

pergunta8ppregunta9preggunta9pregnuta8pregunat8pregunnta9preguntta9pregutna8
Misspelling Variants of "pregunta"

Frequency rank: #491 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pregunta"?
"pregunta" is spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a].
What does "pregunta" mean?
As a noun, "pregunta" means: Locución o enunciación que solicita del interlocutor alguna información a modo de respuesta
What words are commonly confused with "pregunta"?
"pregunta" is commonly confused with "presenta", "pregunto", "pregunté". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pregunta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pregunta" is [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pregunta" come from?
"pregunta" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.