president

/ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/

//ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt// noun

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The verdict

“president” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,799
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Presidente, jefe de estado de una república.

Corpus desk

Index ES-president · president · Spanish

president · rank #21,799 · 15 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,799
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH presentimiento

Nearest frequency peer: presentimiento (-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 “president”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

president vs presiento
78% similar
president vs presidente
90% similar
president vs presidenta
90% similar

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

Key facts for president
PropertyValue
Headwordpresident
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/
Letters9
Frequency rank#21,799
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “president”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).presidentcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “presentimiento” (#21,798), “presupuestaria” (#21,800), “principiantes” (#21,801). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “president” va en #21,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around president (IPA /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,799 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for president, with forms such as "persident", "ppresident", and "precident". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "presiento", "presidente", "presidenta", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is president, spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Presidente, jefe de estado de una república.
  2. 2
    Presidente, jefe de gobierno y del Estado en repúblicas presidencialistas.
  3. 3
    Presidente, cabeza de una corporación.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • persident
  • ppresident
  • precident
  • preisdent
  • presdient
  • presiddent
  • presidennt
  • presidentt
  • presidetn
  • presidnet
  • presiednt
  • pressident
  • prresident
  • prseident
  • rpesident

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of president - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

persident2ppresident1precident1preisdent2presdient2presiddent1presidennt1presidentt1
Edit distance from "president"

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 "president"?
"president" is spelled P-R-E-S-I-D-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/.
What does "president" mean?
As a noun, "president" means: Presidente, jefe de estado de una república.
What words are commonly confused with "president"?
"president" is commonly confused with "presiento", "presidente", "presidenta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "president"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "president" is /ˈpɹɛz.ɪ.dənt/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "president" come from?
"president" 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 "president", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

propiciar#21,804percusión#21,787reactores#21,811recibirás#21,812

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

regresamos15 variantsrelajación15 variantsordenanzas15 variantsmodernizar15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list