parapente
[paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“parapente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,980 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,980
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deporte que consiste en lanzarse desde un precipicio con cierto paracaídas para planear y descender de forma controlada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-parapente · parapente · Spanish
parapente · rank #67,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,980
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parecías
Nearest frequency peer: parecías (+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 “parapente”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pagare
pagare
32,025 corpus weight
- palatina
palatina
32,024 corpus weight
- panadera
panadera
32,023 corpus weight
- parapente
parapente
32,021 corpus weight
- parecías
parecías
32,020 corpus weight
- parkour
parkour
32,018 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “parapente” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | parapente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “parapente” en español
Rare enough to double-check
parapente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,980 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paɾaˈpẽn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for parapente in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is parapente, spelled P-A-R-A-P-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Deporte que consiste en lanzarse desde un precipicio con cierto paracaídas para planear y descender de forma controlada.
- 2Tipo de paracaídas que se usa para tal deporte.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).