press
[ˈprɛsː]
The verdict
“press” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #5,549. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,549
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Prensa. Instrumento que se usa para prensar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-press · press · Spanish
press · rank #5,549 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,549
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH presentada
Nearest frequency peer: presentada (-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 “press”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- ponerme
ponerme
94,455 corpus weight
- preguntando
preguntando
94,454 corpus weight
- presentada
presentada
94,453 corpus weight
- press
press
94,452 corpus weight
- prestar
prestar
94,451 corpus weight
- prohibición
prohibición
94,450 corpus weight
What this shows “press” 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 | press |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈprɛsː] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #5,549 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “press”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around press (IPA [ˈprɛsː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,549 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Prensa. Instrumento que se usa para prensar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for press, with forms such as "perss", "ppress", and "pres". 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", "pros", "prey", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is press, spelled P-R-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Prensa. Instrumento que se usa para prensar.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- perss
- ppress
- pres
- prress
- prses
- rpess
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of press - 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 "press", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).