perniciosa
[peɾniˈsjosa]
The verdict
“perniciosa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,805 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,805
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de pernicioso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perniciosa · perniciosa · Spanish
perniciosa · rank #55,805 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,805
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pericias
Nearest frequency peer: pericias (-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 “perniciosa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pereció
pereció
44,198 corpus weight
- pericias
pericias
44,197 corpus weight
- perniciosa
perniciosa
44,196 corpus weight
- perpetrada
perpetrada
44,195 corpus weight
- persigo
persigo
44,194 corpus weight
- perturban
perturban
44,193 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perniciosa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perniciosa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [peɾniˈsjosa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,805 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perniciosa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perniciosa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,805 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [peɾniˈsjosa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de pernicioso.".
Zero misspellings are on record for perniciosa in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is perniciosa, spelled P-E-R-N-I-C-I-O-S-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de pernicioso.
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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