pegate
[peˈɣ̞at̪e]
The verdict
“pegate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,047 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,047
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de pegarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico).
Corpus desk
Index ES-pegate · pegate · Spanish
pegate · rank #73,047 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,047
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pedanía
Nearest frequency peer: pedanía (-2 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 “pegate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- paseantes
paseantes
26,961 corpus weight
- pedanía
pedanía
26,956 corpus weight
- pegate
pegate
26,954 corpus weight
- pelle
pelle
26,952 corpus weight
- perdíamos
perdíamos
26,949 corpus weight
- perfumadas
perfumadas
26,947 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pegate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pegate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peˈɣ̞at̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #73,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pegate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pegate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,047 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peˈɣ̞at̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de pegarse (con el pronombre «te» enclítico).".
pegate has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 pegate, spelled P-E-G-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Segunda persona del singular (vos) del imperativo afirmativo de pegarse (con el pronombre «te» 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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