pernoctar
[peɾnokˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“pernoctar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,049 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,049
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pasar la noche en un lugar que no es el domicilio propio o el lugar habitual, y especialmente viajando.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pernoctar · pernoctar · Spanish
pernoctar · rank #61,049 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,049
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH peritajes
Nearest frequency peer: peritajes (-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 “pernoctar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perdurado
perdurado
38,955 corpus weight
- periciales
periciales
38,954 corpus weight
- peritajes
peritajes
38,953 corpus weight
- pernoctar
pernoctar
38,952 corpus weight
- pervivencia
pervivencia
38,951 corpus weight
- Piera
Piera
38,949 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pernoctar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pernoctar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾnokˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pernoctar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pernoctar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,049 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾnokˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pasar la noche en un lugar que no es el domicilio propio o el lugar habitual, y especialmente viajando.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pernoctar, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pernoctar, spelled P-E-R-N-O-C-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Pasar la noche en un lugar que no es el domicilio propio o el lugar habitual, y especialmente viajando.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pernoctar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cuando aún no recibía tratamiento, yo salía y buscaba a otros que pudiesen compartir un poco de droga conmigo, y luego de inyectármelas, pernoctaba en esos mismos lugares; o sea, en los lugares en los que nos reuníamos: casas abandonadas, pampas, etc. Fue durante esas reuniones en las que contaje VIH, y no sabes cuánto me arrepiento.
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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