pretensión
[pɾet̪ẽnˈsjõn]
The verdict
“pretensión” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,952. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,952
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ambición desmedida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pretension · pretensión · Spanish
pretensión · rank #16,952 · 16 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #16,952
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH presidida
Nearest frequency peer: presidida (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “pretensión”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- presencial
presencial
83,052 corpus weight
- presentaban
presentaban
83,051 corpus weight
- presidida
presidida
83,050 corpus weight
- pretensión
pretensión
83,049 corpus weight
- primeramente
primeramente
83,048 corpus weight
- princesas
princesas
83,047 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “pretensión” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | pretensión |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pɾet̪ẽnˈsjõn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #16,952 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “pretensión” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around pretensión (IPA [pɾet̪ẽnˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,952 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for pretensión, with forms such as "pertensión", "ppretensión", and "preetnsión". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "prevención", "propensión", "pretensiones", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pretensión, spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-S-I-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Ambición desmedida.
- 2Derecho que uno tiene o cree tener sobre algo.
- 3Aquello que se pretende conseguir.
- 4Solicitación para conseguir una cosa que se desea.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pretensión appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
, deponga pretensiones y no se deje arrebatar por sobre sus posibilidades; que, en lo material, la bella medianía es más segura que la megalomanía.
Pretensiones al trono de Francia.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- pertensión
- ppretensión
- preetnsión
- pretención
- pretenisón
- pretennsión
- pretensinó
- pretensiónn
- pretenssión
- pretensóin
- pretesnión
- pretnesión
- prettensión
- prretensión
- prteensión
- rpetensión
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pretensión - 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 "pretensión", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "pretensión". Here's where to go from here.
- "pretensión" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "prevención". View pair
- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #16,952 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "P" letter cohort. P–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.