percibían
[peɾsiˈβ̞iãn]
The verdict
“percibían” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,291 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,291
- 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 pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de percibir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-percibian · percibían · Spanish
percibían · rank #57,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,291
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perdonaron
Nearest frequency peer: perdonaron (+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 “percibían”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pechugas
pechugas
42,714 corpus weight
- peleados
peleados
42,712 corpus weight
- percibían
percibían
42,710 corpus weight
- perdonaron
perdonaron
42,709 corpus weight
- perforada
perforada
42,708 corpus weight
- periferias
periferias
42,706 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “percibían” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | percibían |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾsiˈβ̞iãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “percibían” en español
Rare enough to double-check
percibían is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,291 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾsiˈβ̞iãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de percibir.".
percibían doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is percibían, spelled P-E-R-C-I-B-Í-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de percibir.
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.
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