prescinde
[pɾeˈsĩn̪d̪e]
The verdict
“prescinde” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,558 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,558
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prescindir.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prescinde |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɾeˈsĩn̪d̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #62,558 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “prescinde” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
prescinde is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,558 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɾeˈsĩn̪d̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
prescinde doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is prescinde, spelled P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prescindir.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de prescindir.
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 “prescinde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-E-S-C-I-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [pɾeˈsĩn̪d̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.