padrecito
[pað̞ɾeˈsit̪o]
The verdict
“padrecito” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,207 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,207
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Diminutivo de padre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-padrecito · padrecito · Spanish
padrecito · rank #91,207 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,207
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Pagola
Nearest frequency peer: Pagola (+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 “padrecito”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- osamentas
osamentas
8,796 corpus weight
- padrecito
padrecito
8,794 corpus weight
- Pagola
Pagola
8,793 corpus weight
- pajarraco
pajarraco
8,792 corpus weight
- papelones
papelones
8,790 corpus weight
- paroxismo
paroxismo
8,789 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “padrecito” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | padrecito |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pað̞ɾeˈsit̪o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #91,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “padrecito” en español
Rare enough to double-check
padrecito is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,207 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pað̞ɾeˈsit̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
padrecito doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is padrecito, spelled P-A-D-R-E-C-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Diminutivo de padre.
- 2Forma familiar y cariñosa con que se llama al padre o sacerdote católico.
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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