percherón

[peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn]

/[peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn]/ adj

The verdict

“percherón” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice del caballo o yegua de una raza francesa que por su fuerza y corpulencia es muy a propósito para arrastrar grandes pesos.

Corpus desk

Index ES-percheron · percherón · Spanish

percherón · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 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.

Key facts for percherón
PropertyValue
Headwordpercherón
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn]
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “percherón” en español

percherónno entra en el top 100.000 del español: zona de términos técnicos, arcaicos o escasos, el terreno típico de la doble comprobación.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

percherón is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice del caballo o yegua de una raza francesa que por su fuerza y corpulencia es muy a propósito para arrastrar grandes pesos.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for percherón, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 percherón, spelled P-E-R-C-H-E-R-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice del caballo o yegua de una raza francesa que por su fuerza y corpulencia es muy a propósito para arrastrar grandes pesos.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "percherón"?
"percherón" is spelled P-E-R-C-H-E-R-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn].
What does "percherón" mean?
As an adjective, "percherón" means: Se dice del caballo o yegua de una raza francesa que por su fuerza y corpulencia es muy a propósito para arrastrar grandes pesos.
How do you pronounce "percherón"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "percherón" is [peɾt͡ʃeˈɾõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "percherón" come from?
"percherón" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list