pancracio

[pãŋˈkɾasjo]

/[pãŋˈkɾasjo]/ noun

The verdict

“pancracio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,189 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,189
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Estilo de lucha gímnica practicada en la antigua Grecia e introducida en los Juegos Olímpicos el año 648 a. C. En la actualidad se ha reconstruido y se fomenta su práctica, tanto en Grecia como fue...

Corpus desk

Index ES-pancracio · pancracio · Spanish

pancracio · rank #90,189 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,189
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pandero

Nearest frequency peer: pandero (+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 “pancracio”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pancracio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pancracio
PropertyValue
Headwordpancracio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pãŋˈkɾasjo]
Letters9
Frequency rank#90,189
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “pancracio” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.pancraciocae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “pandero” (#90,190), “papagayos” (#90,191), “pagábamos” (#90,186). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “pancracio” va en #90,189. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pancracio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,189 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pãŋˈkɾasjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Estilo de lucha gímnica practicada en la antigua Grecia e introducida en los Juegos Olímpicos el año 648 a. C. En la actualidad se ha reconstruido y se fomenta su práctica, tanto en Grecia como fue...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pancracio, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pancracio, spelled P-A-N-C-R-A-C-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Estilo de lucha gímnica practicada en la antigua Grecia e introducida en los Juegos Olímpicos el año 648 a. C. En la actualidad se ha reconstruido y se fomenta su práctica, tanto en Grecia como fuera de ella.

This word in other languages

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pancracio"?
"pancracio" is spelled P-A-N-C-R-A-C-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [pãŋˈkɾasjo].
What does "pancracio" mean?
As a noun, "pancracio" means: Estilo de lucha gímnica practicada en la antigua Grecia e introducida en los Juegos Olímpicos el año 648 a. C. En la actualidad se ha reconstruido y se fomenta su práctica, tanto en Grecia como fue...
How do you pronounce "pancracio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pancracio" is [pãŋˈkɾasjo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pancracio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list