percate
[peɾˈkat̪e]
The verdict
“percate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,386 among 48,357 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,386
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 48,357
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de percatar o de percatarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-percate · percate · Spanish
percate · rank #93,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,386
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 48,357
- PHOTO-FINISH perecerá
Nearest frequency peer: perecerá (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “percate”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- peluquín
peluquín
6,619 corpus weight
- pensum
pensum
6,617 corpus weight
- percate
percate
6,615 corpus weight
- perecerá
perecerá
6,614 corpus weight
- perforaron
perforaron
6,613 corpus weight
- permaneceré
permaneceré
6,612 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “percate” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾˈkat̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “percate” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
percate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,386 among 48,357 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾˈkat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
percate doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is percate, spelled P-E-R-C-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de percatar o de percatarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de percatar o de percatarse.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de percatar o del imperativo negativo 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "percate", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.