esperate
[espeˈɾat̪e]
The verdict
“esperate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,018 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,018
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de esperarse (con el pronombre enclítico).
Corpus desk
Index ES-esperate · esperate · Spanish
esperate · rank #60,018 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,018
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esfuma
Nearest frequency peer: esfuma (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “esperate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Esdras
Esdras
39,985 corpus weight
- esfuma
esfuma
39,984 corpus weight
- esperate
esperate
39,983 corpus weight
- estrangulado
estrangulado
39,982 corpus weight
- estresados
estresados
39,981 corpus weight
- estuches
estuches
39,980 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “esperate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | esperate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [espeˈɾat̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “esperate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
esperate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,018 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [espeˈɾat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de esperarse (con el pronombre enclítico).".
esperate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is esperate, spelled E-S-P-E-R-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de esperarse (con el pronombre enclítico).
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.
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