perder la cabeza
[peɾˈð̞eɾ la kaˈβ̞esa]
The verdict
“perder la cabeza” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Faltarle u ofuscársele la razón o el juicio por algún accidente.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perder la cabeza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [peɾˈð̞eɾ la kaˈβ̞esa] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perder la cabeza” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for perder la cabeza is 16 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈð̞eɾ la kaˈβ̞esa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for perder la cabeza in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is perder la cabeza, spelled P-E-R-D-E-R- -L-A- -C-A-B-E-Z-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Faltarle u ofuscársele la razón o el juicio por algún accidente.
- 2Desear algo muy intensamente.
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.
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Using “perder la cabeza”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-D-E-R- -L-A- -C-A-B-E-Z-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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