premiosvspremisaTell them apart

Which to use

“premios” and “premisa” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,045
“premios” frequency rank
#11,114
“premisa” frequency rank
13159
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature premios premisa
Definition Forma del plural de premio. Principio por el cual se logran inferencias y alcanzan conclusiones.

Where the eye mixes premios and premisa

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
premios
7 ch
premisa

Look-alike desk: premios vs premisa

A purely visual mix-up. premios ([ˈpɾemjos]) 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13159, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

premios is recorded at frequency rank #2,045, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈpɾemjos]. 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 13159, this pair ranks #288,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of premios vs premisa

Shared letters: eimprs. Private to "premios": o. Private to "premisa": a.

"premios" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVVC  ·  "premisa" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • premiosppremios · preimos · premioss · premmios · premois · prmeios · prremios · rpemios
  • premisapermisa · ppremisa · preimsa · premias · premissa · premmisa · premsia · prmeisa

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "premios" for "premisa" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈpɾemjos] versus [pɾeˈmisa]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "premios" vs "premisa" - which ranks higher?
"premios" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,045 in our Spanish list, against #11,114 for "premisa". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "premios" 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 #288,912 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "premios" 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 #288,912 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