presta

/[ˈpɾest̪a]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,000

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

presta is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prestar o de prestarse. Pronounced [ˈpɾest̪a]. It ranks #6,000 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with prisa and prosa.

Key facts for presta
PropertyValue
Headwordpresta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈpɾest̪a]
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,000
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for presta is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈpɾest̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,000 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for presta, with forms such as "persta", "ppresta", and "presat". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "prisa", "prosa", "preto", 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 presta, spelled P-R-E-S-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prestar o de prestarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de prestar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: persta,ppresta,presat,pressta,prestta,pretsa,prresta,prseta,rpesta

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for presta

Misspelling Variants of "presta"

persta6ppresta7presat6pressta7prestta7pretsa6prresta7prseta6
Misspelling Variants of "presta"

Frequency rank: #6,000 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "presta"?
"presta" is spelled P-R-E-S-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈpɾest̪a].
What does "presta" mean?
As a verb, "presta" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de prestar o de prestarse.
What words are commonly confused with "presta"?
"presta" is commonly confused with "prisa", "prosa", "preto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "presta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "presta" is [ˈpɾest̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "presta" come from?
"presta" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.