Which to use
“pregunté” is a verb and “presente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,425
- “pregunté” frequency rank
- #811
- “presente” frequency rank
- 6236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pregunté | presente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de preguntar. | Que está en presencia de alguien más. |
Where the eye mixes pregunté and presente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. pregunté and presente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between pregunté and presente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pregunté is [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪e] while presente is [pɾeˈsẽn̪t̪e]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pregunté is recorded at frequency rank #5,425, classified as averb, pronounced [pɾeɣ̞ũn̪ˈt̪e]. presente is at rank #811, tagged as anadj, pronounced [pɾeˈsẽn̪t̪e].
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 6236, this pair ranks #311,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of pregunté vs presente
Shared letters: enprt. Private to "pregunté": gué. Private to "presente": s.
"pregunté" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV · "presente" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- presente ← persente · ppresente · precente · preesnte · presenet · presennte · presentte · presetne
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pregunté" for "presente" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pregunté" vs "presente" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "pregunté" and "presente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pregunté" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "presente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #311,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pregunté" and "presente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "present vs presente". 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 #311,370 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.