preguntaste

/[pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪ast̪e]/ verb

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#25,770

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

preguntaste is aSpanishverb. It means: Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preguntar. Pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪ast̪e]. Often confused with preguntas and preguntarse.

Key facts for preguntaste
PropertyValue
Headwordpreguntaste
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪ast̪e]
Letters11
Frequency rank#25,770
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for preguntaste is 11 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪ast̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #25,770 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Segunda persona del singular (tú, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preguntar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for preguntaste, with forms such as "perguntaste", "ppreguntaste", and "pregguntaste". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "preguntas", "preguntarse", "preguntarme", 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 preguntaste, spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-A-S-T-E, 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, vos) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preguntar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: perguntaste,ppreguntaste,pregguntaste,pregnutaste,pregunatste,pregunntaste,preguntaset,preguntasste,preguntastte,preguntatse,preguntsate,pregunttaste,pregutnaste,preugntaste,prgeuntaste,prreguntaste,rpeguntaste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for preguntaste

Misspelling Variants of "preguntaste"

perguntaste11ppreguntaste12pregguntaste12pregnutaste11pregunatste11pregunntaste12preguntaset11preguntasste12
Misspelling Variants of "preguntaste"

Frequency rank: #25,770 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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