primera

[pɾiˈmeɾa]

/[pɾiˈmeɾa]/ adj

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The verdict

“primera” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#177
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De una sucesión de cosas la que ocurre o tiene lugar antes que las demás. Forma femenina de primero.

Corpus desk

Index ES-primera · primera · Spanish

primera · rank #177 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #177
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH otras

Nearest frequency peer: otras (-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 “primera”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “primera” 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).

primera vs primero
86% similar
primera vs promesa
71% similar
primera vs prometa
71% similar

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

Key facts for primera
PropertyValue
Headwordprimera
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɾiˈmeɾa]
Letters7
Frequency rank#177
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “primera”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.primeracae aquí:

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

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “otras” (#176), “veces” (#178), “nueva” (#175). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “primera” va en #177. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around primera (IPA [pɾiˈmeɾa]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #177 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "De una sucesión de cosas la que ocurre o tiene lugar antes que las demás. Forma femenina de primero.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for primera, with forms such as "pirmera", "pprimera", and "priemra". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "primero", "promesa", "prometa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is primera, spelled P-R-I-M-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    De una sucesión de cosas la que ocurre o tiene lugar antes que las demás. Forma femenina de primero.

This word in other languages

first(English)première(Français)primeira(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirmera
  • pprimera
  • priemra
  • primear
  • primerra
  • primmera
  • primrea
  • prmiera
  • prrimera
  • rpimera

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

pirmera2pprimera1priemra2primear2primerra1primmera1primrea2prmiera2
Edit distance from "primera"

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 "primera"?
"primera" is spelled P-R-I-M-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾiˈmeɾa].
What does "primera" mean?
As an adjective, "primera" means: De una sucesión de cosas la que ocurre o tiene lugar antes que las demás. Forma femenina de primero.
What words are commonly confused with "primera"?
"primera" is commonly confused with "primero", "promesa", "prometa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "primera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primera" is [pɾiˈmeɾa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primera" come from?
"primera" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "primera", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nuestra#167algunos#188general#189nuestro#163

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

verdad10 variantsmomento10 variantsnombre10 variantspartido10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list