reduce

/[reˈð̞use]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,250

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

reduce is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir. Pronounced [reˈð̞use]. It ranks #5,250 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with reúne and resume.

Key facts for reduce
PropertyValue
Headwordreduce
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reˈð̞use]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,250
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for reduce is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reˈð̞use]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,250 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for reduce, with forms such as "erduce", "rdeuce", and "redcue". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "reúne", "resume", "redujo", 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 reduce, spelled R-E-D-U-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de reducir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erduce,rdeuce,redcue,redduce,reducce,reduec,reduse,reudce,rreduce

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for reduce

Misspelling Variants of "reduce"

erduce6rdeuce6redcue6redduce7reducce7reduec6reduse6reudce6
Misspelling Variants of "reduce"

Frequency rank: #5,250 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reduce"?
"reduce" is spelled R-E-D-U-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈð̞use].
What does "reduce" mean?
As a verb, "reduce" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de reducir.
What words are commonly confused with "reduce"?
"reduce" is commonly confused with "reúne", "resume", "redujo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "reduce"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reduce" is [reˈð̞use]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "reduce" come from?
"reduce" 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.