regresar

/[reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,420

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

regresar is aSpanishverb. It means: Volver al punto de partida. Pronounced [reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ]. It ranks #2,420 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with regreso and regrese.

Key facts for regresar
PropertyValue
Headwordregresar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#2,420
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for regresar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,420 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Volver al punto de partida.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for regresar, with forms such as "ergresar", "regersar", and "reggresar". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "regreso", "regrese", "represa", 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 regresar, spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Volver al punto de partida.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ergresar,regersar,reggresar,regreasr,regresarr,regresra,regressar,regrresar,regrsear,rergesar,rgeresar,rregresar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for regresar

Misspelling Variants of "regresar"

ergresar8regersar8reggresar9regreasr8regresarr9regresra8regressar9regrresar9
Misspelling Variants of "regresar"

Frequency rank: #2,420 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "regresar"?
"regresar" is spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ].
What does "regresar" mean?
As a verb, "regresar" means: Volver al punto de partida.
What words are commonly confused with "regresar"?
"regresar" is commonly confused with "regreso", "regrese", "represa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "regresar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "regresar" is [reɣ̞ɾeˈsaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "regresar" come from?
"regresar" 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.