percatan

[peɾˈkat̪ãn]

/[peɾˈkat̪ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“percatan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,790 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,790
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-percatan · percatan · Spanish

percatan · rank #98,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,790
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH peonza

Nearest frequency peer: peonza (-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 “percatan”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for percatan
PropertyValue
Headwordpercatan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾˈkat̪ãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#98,790
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “percatan” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).percatancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “peonza” (#98,789), “performed” (#98,791), “penetro” (#98,788). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “percatan” va en #98,790. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percatan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,790 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾˈkat̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for percatan, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is percatan, spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente 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 "percatan"?
"percatan" is spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈkat̪ãn].
What does "percatan" mean?
As a verb, "percatan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de percatar o de percatarse.
How do you pronounce "percatan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percatan" is [peɾˈkat̪ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percatan" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list