perfidia
[peɾˈfið̞ja]
The verdict
“perfidia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,092 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,092
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de traicionar, de ser desleal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perfidia · perfidia · Spanish
perfidia · rank #87,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,092
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perfumados
Nearest frequency peer: perfumados (+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 “perfidia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pegarla
pegarla
12,914 corpus weight
- penetren
penetren
12,913 corpus weight
- perfidia
perfidia
12,909 corpus weight
- perfumados
perfumados
12,908 corpus weight
- perjudicaba
perjudicaba
12,907 corpus weight
- perniciosos
perniciosos
12,905 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perfidia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfidia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peɾˈfið̞ja] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #87,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perfidia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perfidia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,092 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peɾˈfið̞ja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for perfidia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is perfidia, spelled P-E-R-F-I-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1Acción y efecto de traicionar, de ser desleal.
- 2Falla de fe, traición.
- 3Iniquidad.
- 4Afectación musical de ir siguiendo siempre un mismo tono.
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); 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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