percatamos

[peɾkaˈt̪amos]

/[peɾkaˈt̪amos]/ verb

The verdict

“percatamos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,077 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,077
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-percatamos · percatamos · Spanish

percatamos · rank #86,077 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,077
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH perecedero

Nearest frequency peer: perecedero (+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 “percatamos”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percatamos
PropertyValue
Headwordpercatamos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾkaˈt̪amos]
Letters10
Frequency rank#86,077
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “percatamos” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).percatamoscae 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: “perecedero” (#86,078), “perjudicaron” (#86,079), “pernil” (#86,080). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “percatamos” va en #86,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percatamos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,077 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾkaˈt̪amos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

percatamos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is percatamos, spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A-M-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.
  2. 2
    Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.

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 "percatamos"?
"percatamos" is spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A-M-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾkaˈt̪amos].
What does "percatamos" mean?
As a verb, "percatamos" means: Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.
How do you pronounce "percatamos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percatamos" is [peɾkaˈt̪amos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percatamos" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list