premio
[ˈpɾemjo]
The verdict
“premio” is in the everyday core of Spanish, ranked #974 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #974
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | premio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpɾemjo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #974 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “premio” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for premio is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾemjo]. Corpus data places it at rank #974 in overall Spanish word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for premio, with forms such as "permio", "ppremio", and "preimo". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "primo", "promo", "preto", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is premio, spelled P-R-E-M-I-O.
Definition
- 1Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos
- 2En particular, premio₁ que se otorga a los vencedores en una competición
- 3Por analogía, bien que se sortea entre los participantes en una rifa o concurso
- 4Adicional que se añade a una retribución como incentivo
- 5Aumento del valor de una cotización a plazo
- 6Diferencia positiva entre el valor real de un activo financiero y su valor nominal
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: permio,ppremio,preimo,premmio,premoi,prmeio,prremio,rpemio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of premio - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “premio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-M-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈpɾemjo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “primo” - see the side-by-side comparison. premio vs primo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.