permafrost
/ˈpəːməfrɒst/
The verdict
“permafrost” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Permagel.
Corpus desk
Index ES-permafrost · permafrost · Spanish
permafrost · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | permafrost |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpəːməfrɒst/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “permafrost” en español
Rare enough to double-check
permafrost is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpəːməfrɒst/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Permagel.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for permafrost, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is permafrost, spelled P-E-R-M-A-F-R-O-S-T.
Definition
- 1Permagel.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.