premio

Name: premio, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈpɾemjo]

/[ˈpɾemjo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“premio” has 8 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #974. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#974
frequency rank, Spanish: 6,028
“P” headwords: 8
tracked misspellings: 20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos

Corpus desk

Index ES-premio · premio · Spanish

premio · rank #974 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

FREQ-CORE #974
LEN-LONG 6 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
VAR-MID 8 variants
BOOK-DENSE 6,028
PHOTO-FINISH origen

Nearest frequency peer: origen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

instituto

99,030
loco

99,029
origen

99,028
premio

99,027
rico

99,025
simple

99,024

What this shows “premio” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

premio vs primo

67% similar

premio vs promo

67% similar

premio vs preto

67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for premio
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)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “premio”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).premiocae aquí:

#974

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “origen” (#973), “loco” (#972), “rico” (#976). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “premio” va en #974. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around premio (IPA [ˈpɾemjo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #974 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

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

1
Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos
2
En particular, premio₁ que se otorga a los vencedores en una competición
3
Por analogía, bien que se sortea entre los participantes en una rifa o concurso
4
Adicional que se añade a una retribución como incentivo
5
Aumento del valor de una cotización a plazo
6
Diferencia positiva entre el valor real de un activo financiero y su valor nominal

Synonyms

distinción galardón

This word in other languages

award(English)prix(Français)Preis(Deutsch)prêmio(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "premio"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "premio"?

"premio" is spelled P-R-E-M-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾemjo].

What does "premio" mean?

As a noun, "premio" means: Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos

What words are commonly confused with "premio"?

"premio" is commonly confused with "primo", "promo", "preto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "premio"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "premio" is [ˈpɾemjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "premio" come from?

"premio" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "premio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

origen#973 simple#977 unidad#978 chicos#959

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

juicio8 variants tenían8 variants serán8 variants pobre8 variants