preocupar
[pɾeokuˈpaɾ]
The verdict
“preocupar” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,948. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,948
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mantener fijo el pensamiento en un asunto o suceso negativo o perjudicial, que causa temor o inquietud.
Corpus desk
Index ES-preocupar · preocupar · Spanish
preocupar · rank #16,948 · 13 variants · 13 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,948
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prefería
Nearest frequency peer: prefería (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “preocupar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- practicas
practicas
83,056 corpus weight
- prefería
prefería
83,054 corpus weight
- preocupar
preocupar
83,053 corpus weight
- presencial
presencial
83,052 corpus weight
- presentaban
presentaban
83,051 corpus weight
- presidida
presidida
83,050 corpus weight
What this shows “preocupar” 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | preocupar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeokuˈpaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #16,948 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “preocupar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around preocupar (IPA [pɾeokuˈpaɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,948 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for preocupar, with forms such as "perocupar", "ppreocupar", and "precoupar". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "preocupe", "preocupo", "procurar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is preocupar, spelled P-R-E-O-C-U-P-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mantener fijo el pensamiento en un asunto o suceso negativo o perjudicial, que causa temor o inquietud.
- 2Ocupar antes o anticipadamente una cosa, o prevenir a uno en la adquisición de ella.
- 3Prevenir con anticipación el ánimo de uno, de modo que dificulte el asentir a otra opinión.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perocupar
- ppreocupar
- precoupar
- preoccupar
- preocpuar
- preocuapr
- preocuparr
- preocuppar
- preocupra
- preoucpar
- proecupar
- prreocupar
- rpeocupar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of preocupar - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "preocupar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).