prisionero

Name: prisionero, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[pɾisjoˈneɾo]

/[pɾisjoˈneɾo]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“prisionero” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #6,721. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,721
frequency rank, Spanish: 48,357
“P” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Soldado o militar cogido en tiempo de guerra a los enemigos.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

prisionero vs prisiones

80% similar

prisionero vs prisioneros

91% similar

prisionero vs prisionera

90% similar

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

Key facts for prisionero
Property	Value
Headword	prisionero
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[pɾisjoˈneɾo]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#6,721
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	3
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “prisionero” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). prisionero lands here:

#6,721

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around prisionero (IPA [pɾisjoˈneɾo]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,721 among 48,357 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for prisionero, with forms such as "pirsionero", "pprisionero", and "pricionero". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "prisiones", "prisioneros", "prisionera", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is prisionero, spelled P-R-I-S-I-O-N-E-R-O.

Definition

1
Soldado o militar cogido en tiempo de guerra a los enemigos.
2
Persona cautiva, privada de libertad, por parte de enemigos, secuestradores o alguna condena a prisión.
3
Persona que está como cautiva de un afecto o pasión.
4
Elemento roscado que funciona como fijador del cable estando éste fijo a algún orificio por el que pasa el cable como una caja de empalme. Su función es evitar que el cable deslice y en algunos casos aisla frente al polvo o humedad.

Synonyms

prensacable

This word in other languages

prisoner(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pirsionero,pprisionero,pricionero,priisonero,prisinoero,prisioenro,prisioneor,prisionerro,prisionnero,prisionreo,prisoinero,prissionero,prrisionero,prsiionero,rpisionero

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prisionero - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

Edit distance from "prisionero"

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 "prisionero"?

"prisionero" is spelled P-R-I-S-I-O-N-E-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾisjoˈneɾo].

What does "prisionero" mean?

As a noun, "prisionero" means: Soldado o militar cogido en tiempo de guerra a los enemigos.

What words are commonly confused with "prisionero"?

"prisionero" is commonly confused with "prisiones", "prisioneros", "prisionera". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "prisionero"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prisionero" is [pɾisjoˈneɾo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "prisionero" come from?

"prisionero" 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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Using “prisionero”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is P-R-I-S-I-O-N-E-R-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [pɾisjoˈneɾo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
Don't mix it up with “prisiones” - see the side-by-side comparison. prisionero vs prisiones
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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.