presa

/[ˈpɾesa]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,824

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

presa is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción de prender o tomar una cosa. Pronounced [ˈpɾesa]. It ranks #4,824 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with pues and proa.

Key facts for presa
PropertyValue
Headwordpresa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈpɾesa]
Letters5
Frequency rank#4,824
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for presa is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾesa]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,824 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 11 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for presa, with forms such as "ppresa", "preas", and "pressa". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "pues", "proa", "pros", 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 presa, spelled P-R-E-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción de prender o tomar una cosa.
  2. 2
    Cosa apresada o robada.
  3. 3
    Organismo que puede ser cazado o pescado.
  4. 4
    Mujer presa, sin libertad.
  5. 5
    Acequia.
  6. 6
    Muro grueso construido en un río o similar, para contener o detener el curso del agua.
  7. 7
    Conducto por donde se lleva el agua para dar movimiento a las ruedas de los molinos u otras máquinas hidráulicas.
  8. 8
    Tajada, pedazo o porción pequeña de una cosa comestible.
  9. 9
    Cada uno de los colmillos o dientes agudos y grandes que tienen en ambas quijadas algunos animales, con los cuales agarran lo que muerden, con tal fuerza, que con gran dificultad lo sueltan.
  10. 10
    Ave prendida por halcón u otra ave de rapiña.
  11. 11
    Uña del halcón u otra ave de rapiña.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ppresa,preas,pressa,prresa,prsea,rpesa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for presa

Misspelling Variants of "presa"

ppresa6preas5pressa6prresa6prsea5rpesa5
Misspelling Variants of "presa"

Frequency rank: #4,824 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "presa"?
"presa" is spelled P-R-E-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾesa].
What does "presa" mean?
As a noun, "presa" means: Acción de prender o tomar una cosa.
What words are commonly confused with "presa"?
"presa" is commonly confused with "pues", "proa", "pros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "presa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presa" is [ˈpɾesa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presa" come from?
"presa" 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. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.