puramente
[ˌpuɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“puramente” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #10,053 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adverb.
- #10,053
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Con pureza, de modo puro (sin mezclarse con otras cosas; casto; sin interés egoísta; moralmente bueno).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | puramente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˌpuɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #10,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “puramente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for puramente is 9 letters long, classified as an adverb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpuɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,053 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for puramente, with forms such as "ppuramente", "pruamente", and "puarmente". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is puramente, spelled P-U-R-A-M-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Con pureza, de modo puro (sin mezclarse con otras cosas; casto; sin interés egoísta; moralmente bueno).
- 2Sin nada más; solamente, simplemente, meramente, estrictamente.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ppuramente,pruamente,puarmente,puraemnte,puramenet,puramennte,puramentte,purametne,purammente,puramnete,purmaente,purramente,upramente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of puramente - 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.
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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Using “puramente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-U-R-A-M-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpuɾaˈmẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.