perífrasis
[peˈɾifɾasis]
The verdict
“perífrasis” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,933 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,933
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Construcción léxica de múltiples palabras que expresa lo mismo que una sola unidad léxica particular.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perifrasis · perífrasis · Spanish
perífrasis · rank #99,933 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,933
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Pestalozzi
Nearest frequency peer: Pestalozzi (+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 “perífrasis”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- penalizados
penalizados
76 corpus weight
- perineo
perineo
71 corpus weight
- persuadieron
persuadieron
70 corpus weight
- perífrasis
perífrasis
68 corpus weight
- Pestalozzi
Pestalozzi
67 corpus weight
- pilote
pilote
60 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perífrasis” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perífrasis |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈɾifɾasis] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,933 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perífrasis” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perífrasis is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,933 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈɾifɾasis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for perífrasis in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is perífrasis, spelled P-E-R-Í-F-R-A-S-I-S.
Definition
- 1Construcción léxica de múltiples palabras que expresa lo mismo que una sola unidad léxica particular.
- 2Figura que consiste en expresar por medio de un rodeo de palabras algo que hubiera podido decirse con menos o con una sola, pero no tan bella, enérgica o hábilmente.
Synonyms
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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