patalear
[pat̪aleˈaɾ]
The verdict
“patalear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,263 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,263
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mover las piernas con violencia y rapidez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-patalear · patalear · Spanish
patalear · rank #92,263 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,263
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH patients
Nearest frequency peer: patients (+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 “patalear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- parasitario
parasitario
7,744 corpus weight
- partid
partid
7,742 corpus weight
- partidocrac…
partidocracia
7,741 corpus weight
- pasible
pasible
7,740 corpus weight
- patalear
patalear
7,738 corpus weight
- patients
patients
7,737 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “patalear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | patalear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pat̪aleˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “patalear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
patalear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,263 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pat̪aleˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for patalear in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is patalear, spelled P-A-T-A-L-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Mover las piernas con violencia y rapidez.
- 2Dar patadas en el suelo, con fuerza y repetidamente para demostrar molestia o enfado.
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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