percata

[peɾˈkat̪a]

/[peɾˈkat̪a]/ verb

The verdict

“percata” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,517 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,517
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-percata · percata · Spanish

percata · rank #59,517 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,517
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH pelotones

Nearest frequency peer: pelotones (-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 “percata”

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 “percata” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percata
PropertyValue
Headwordpercata
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾˈkat̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#59,517
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “percata” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).percatacae 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: “pelotones” (#59,516), “perjurio” (#59,519), “perpetuación” (#59,520). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “percata” va en #59,517. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percata is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,517 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾˈkat̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for percata, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is percata, spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de percatar.

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 "percata"?
"percata" is spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈkat̪a].
What does "percata" mean?
As a verb, "percata" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.
How do you pronounce "percata"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percata" is [peɾˈkat̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percata" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list