pegote
[peˈɣ̞ot̪e]
The verdict
“pegote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,183 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,183
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Emplasto o bizma que se hace de pez u otra cosa pegajosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pegote · pegote · Spanish
pegote · rank #89,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,183
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pediátricos
Nearest frequency peer: pediátricos (-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 “pegote”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- paseas
paseas
10,822 corpus weight
- pavimentados
pavimentados
10,821 corpus weight
- pediátricos
pediátricos
10,819 corpus weight
- pegote
pegote
10,818 corpus weight
- perfecciona…
perfeccionaron
10,814 corpus weight
- perseverant…
perseverantes
10,812 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pegote” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pegote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈɣ̞ot̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pegote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pegote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,183 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈɣ̞ot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 7 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for pegote in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, 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 its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pegote, spelled P-E-G-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Emplasto o bizma que se hace de pez u otra cosa pegajosa.
- 2Cualquier guisado u otra cosa que está muy espesa y se pega.
- 3Persona impertinente que no se aparta de otra, particularmente en las horas y ocasiones en que hay que comer.
- 4Parche.
- 5Fruto del cadillo.
- 6Adición innecesaria y contraproducente que se le hace a una obra literaria o artística.
- 7Pego (engaño).
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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