peripecia
[peɾiˈpesja]
The verdict
“peripecia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,210 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,210
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En el drama o cualquier otra composición análoga, mudanza repentina de situación; accidente imprevisto que cambia el estado de las cosas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-peripecia · peripecia · Spanish
peripecia · rank #90,210 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,210
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH permitiesen
Nearest frequency peer: permitiesen (+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 “peripecia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- peleles
peleles
9,798 corpus weight
- pelotitas
pelotitas
9,797 corpus weight
- pendular
pendular
9,796 corpus weight
- peripecia
peripecia
9,791 corpus weight
- permitiesen
permitiesen
9,789 corpus weight
- picamos
picamos
9,783 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “peripecia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peripecia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peɾiˈpesja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #90,210 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “peripecia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
peripecia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,210 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peɾiˈpesja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for peripecia, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is peripecia, spelled P-E-R-I-P-E-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1En el drama o cualquier otra composición análoga, mudanza repentina de situación; accidente imprevisto que cambia el estado de las cosas.
- 2Accidente de esta misma clase en la vida real.
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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