Which to use
“premio” and “premisa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #974
- “premio” frequency rank
- #11,114
- “premisa” frequency rank
- 12088
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | premio | premisa |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retribución honorífica que se concede a uno por sus méritos | Principio por el cual se logran inferencias y alcanzan conclusiones. |
Where the eye mixes premio and premisa
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: premio vs premisa
A purely visual mix-up. premio ([ˈpɾemjo]) and premisa ([pɾeˈmisa]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12088, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
premio is recorded at frequency rank #974, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾemjo]. premisa is at rank #11,114, tagged as anoun, pronounced [pɾeˈmisa].
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 12088, this pair ranks #292,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of premio vs premisa
Shared letters: eimpr. Private to "premio": o. Private to "premisa": as.
"premio" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV · "premisa" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "premio" and "premisa" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "premio" or "premisa" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "premio" and "premisa" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "premio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "premisa" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "premio" and "premisa" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "premian vs premisa". 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 #292,785 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.