preguntas

/[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#832

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

13

similar word pairs

preguntas is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de preguntar. Pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]. It ranks #832 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pregunto and pregunté.

Key facts for preguntas
PropertyValue
Headwordpreguntas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]
Letters9
Frequency rank#832
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for preguntas is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]. Corpus data places it at rank #832 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for preguntas, with forms such as "perguntas", "ppreguntas", and "pregguntas". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "pregunto", "pregunté", "presuntos", 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 preguntas, spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-A-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: perguntas,ppreguntas,pregguntas,pregnutas,pregunats,pregunntas,preguntass,preguntsa,pregunttas,pregutnas,preugntas,prgeuntas,prreguntas,rpeguntas

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for preguntas

Misspelling Variants of "preguntas"

perguntas9ppreguntas10pregguntas10pregnutas9pregunats9pregunntas10preguntass10preguntsa9
Misspelling Variants of "preguntas"

Frequency rank: #832 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "preguntas"?
"preguntas" is spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as].
What does "preguntas" mean?
As a verb, "preguntas" means: Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.
What words are commonly confused with "preguntas"?
"preguntas" is commonly confused with "pregunto", "pregunté", "presuntos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "preguntas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "preguntas" is [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪as]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "preguntas" come from?
"preguntas" 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.