pronunciar

/[pɾonũnˈsjaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,550

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

pronunciar is aSpanishverb. It means: Producir sonidos con la boca y la garganta en una secuencia coherente para hablar en un idioma. Pronounced [pɾonũnˈsjaɾ]. Often confused with pronuncie and pronunciarse.

Key facts for pronunciar
PropertyValue
Headwordpronunciar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[pɾonũnˈsjaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#13,550
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for pronunciar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɾonũnˈsjaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,550 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for pronunciar, with forms such as "pornunciar", "ppronunciar", and "prnounciar". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "pronuncie", "pronunciarse", "pronunciaron", 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 pronunciar, spelled P-R-O-N-U-N-C-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Producir sonidos con la boca y la garganta en una secuencia coherente para hablar en un idioma.
  2. 2
    Hablar ante un público.
  3. 3
    Hacer notar, acentuar.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: pornunciar,ppronunciar,prnounciar,pronnuciar,pronnunciar,pronucniar,pronuncair,pronuncciar,pronunciarr,pronuncira,pronunicar,pronunnciar,pronunsiar,prounnciar,prronunciar,rponunciar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for pronunciar

Misspelling Variants of "pronunciar"

pornunciar10ppronunciar11prnounciar10pronnuciar10pronnunciar11pronucniar10pronuncair10pronuncciar11
Misspelling Variants of "pronunciar"

Frequency rank: #13,550 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pronunciar"?
"pronunciar" is spelled P-R-O-N-U-N-C-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾonũnˈsjaɾ].
What does "pronunciar" mean?
As a verb, "pronunciar" means: Producir sonidos con la boca y la garganta en una secuencia coherente para hablar en un idioma.
What words are commonly confused with "pronunciar"?
"pronunciar" is commonly confused with "pronuncie", "pronunciarse", "pronunciaron". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "pronunciar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pronunciar" is [pɾonũnˈsjaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pronunciar" come from?
"pronunciar" 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.