perfilaba
[peɾfiˈlaβ̞a]
The verdict
“perfilaba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,433 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,433
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perfilar o de perfilarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perfilaba · perfilaba · Spanish
perfilaba · rank #79,433 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,433
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perfeccionada
Nearest frequency peer: perfeccionada (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “perfilaba”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- pensáramos
pensáramos
20,572 corpus weight
- Perelló
Perelló
20,570 corpus weight
- perfecciona…
perfeccionada
20,569 corpus weight
- perfilaba
perfilaba
20,568 corpus weight
- Perpiñán
Perpiñán
20,567 corpus weight
- pervertir
pervertir
20,565 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “perfilaba” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfilaba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾfiˈlaβ̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #79,433 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “perfilaba” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
perfilaba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,433 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾfiˈlaβ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for perfilaba, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is perfilaba, spelled P-E-R-F-I-L-A-B-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perfilar o de perfilarse.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de perfilar o de perfilarse.
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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