pisasvsprisaWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: pisas is a verb, prisa is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“pisas” is a verb and “prisa” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,076
“pisas” frequency rank
#5,656
“prisa” frequency rank
47732
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature pisas prisa
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de pisar. Prontitud y rapidez con que sucede o se ejecuta una cosa.

Where the eye mixes pisas and prisa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
pisas
5 ch
prisa

Look-alike desk: pisas vs prisa

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pisas is [ˈpisas] while prisa is [ˈpɾisa]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47732, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

pisas is recorded at frequency rank #42,076, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈpisas]. prisa is at rank #5,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾisa].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 47732, this pair ranks #118,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of pisas vs prisa

Shared letters: aips. Private to "pisas": -. Private to "prisa": r.

"pisas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "prisa" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • pisasipsas · piass · pisass · pissas · ppisas · psias
  • prisapirsa · pprisa · prias · prissa · prrisa · prsia · rpisa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "pisas" for "prisa" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "pisas" is a verb and "prisa" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "pisas" vs "prisa" - which ranks higher?
"prisa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,656 in our Spanish list, against #42,076 for "pisas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "pisas" and "prisa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "pisas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "prisa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "pisas" and "prisa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pisas vs postas". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #118,430 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list