perfilar
[peɾfiˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“perfilar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,442 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,442
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trazar o calcar el perfil de una figura.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perfilar · perfilar · Spanish
perfilar · rank #52,442 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,442
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pentagrama
Nearest frequency peer: pentagrama (-2 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 “perfilar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pater
pater
47,564 corpus weight
- pendón
pendón
47,562 corpus weight
- pentagrama
pentagrama
47,561 corpus weight
- perfilar
perfilar
47,559 corpus weight
- pericial
pericial
47,557 corpus weight
- perno
perno
47,555 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perfilar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfilar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾfiˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #52,442 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perfilar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perfilar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,442 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾfiˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Trazar o calcar el perfil de una figura.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perfilar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is perfilar, spelled P-E-R-F-I-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Trazar o calcar el perfil de una figura.
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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