percebe
[peɾˈseβ̞e]
The verdict
“percebe” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pollicipes pollicipes) Crustáceo cirrípedo cuyo caparazón está compuesto por cinco valvas y su pedúnculo es carnoso comestible, aunque con este se adhiere a las rocas. Como plato es muy apreciado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-percebe · percebe · Spanish
percebe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percebe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peɾˈseβ̞e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “percebe” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
percebe is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [peɾˈseβ̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for percebe in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is percebe, spelled P-E-R-C-E-B-E.
Definition
- 1(Pollicipes pollicipes) Crustáceo cirrípedo cuyo caparazón está compuesto por cinco valvas y su pedúnculo es carnoso comestible, aunque con este se adhiere a las rocas. Como plato es muy apreciado.
- 2Se dice de la persona necia, incapaz o desconocedora.
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