pregunto

/[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪o]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,745

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

pregunto is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de preguntar. Pronounced [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪o]. It ranks #1,745 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with presentó and presunto.

Key facts for pregunto
PropertyValue
Headwordpregunto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,745
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pregunto is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾeˈɣ̞ũn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,745 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for pregunto, with forms such as "pergunto", "ppregunto", and "preggunto". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "presentó", "presunto", "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 pregunto, spelled P-R-E-G-U-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de preguntar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pergunto,ppregunto,preggunto,pregnuto,pregunnto,pregunot,preguntto,pregutno,preugnto,prgeunto,prregunto,rpegunto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pregunto

Misspelling Variants of "pregunto"

pergunto8ppregunto9preggunto9pregnuto8pregunnto9pregunot8preguntto9pregutno8
Misspelling Variants of "pregunto"

Frequency rank: #1,745 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

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