regrese

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

[reˈɣ̞ɾese]

/[reˈɣ̞ɾese]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“regrese” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #10,208. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,208
frequency rank, Spanish: 4,151
“R” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de regresar o de regresarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-regrese · regrese · Spanish

regrese · rank #10,208 · 11 variants · 12 confusables

FREQ-MID #10,208
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 4,151
PHOTO-FINISH recupera

Nearest frequency peer: recupera (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

racial

89,796
recomendado

89,795
recupera

89,794
regrese

89,793
res

89,792
revelado

89,791

What this shows “regrese” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

regrese vs reírse

71% similar

regrese vs regreso

86% similar

regrese vs represa

71% similar

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

Key facts for regrese
Property	Value
Headword	regrese
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[reˈɣ̞ɾese]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#10,208
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	12
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “regrese”

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).regresecae aquí:

#10,208

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “recupera” (#10,207), “res” (#10,209), “recomendado” (#10,206). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “regrese” va en #10,208. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around regrese (IPA [reˈɣ̞ɾese]), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,208 among 4,151 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for regrese, with forms such as "ergrese", "regerse", and "reggrese". 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. It also participates in 12 confusable-pair relationships, "reírse", "regreso", "represa", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 regrese, spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-E.

Definition

1
Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de regresar o de regresarse.
2
Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de regresar o de regresarse.
3
Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de regresar o del imperativo negativo de regresarse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

ergrese
regerse
reggrese
regrece
regrees
regresse
regrrese
regrsee
rergese
rgerese
rregrese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of regrese - 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 "regrese"

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 "regrese"?

"regrese" is spelled R-E-G-R-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [reˈɣ̞ɾese].

What does "regrese" mean?

As a verb, "regrese" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de regresar o de regresarse.

What words are commonly confused with "regrese"?

"regrese" is commonly confused with "reírse", "regreso", "represa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "regrese"?

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

What language does "regrese" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "regrese", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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