perpetrar

/[peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#53,766

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

perpetrar is aSpanishverb. It means: Cometer actos delictivos. Pronounced [peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ].

Key facts for perpetrar
PropertyValue
Headwordperpetrar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ]
Letters9
Frequency rank#53,766
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of perpetrar in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for perpetrar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #53,766 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for perpetrar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is perpetrar, spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-R-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cometer actos delictivos.
  2. 2
    Cometer o realizar un hecho planeado anteriormente con maldad o alevosía.

This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #53,766 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perpetrar"?
"perpetrar" is spelled P-E-R-P-E-T-R-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ].
What does "perpetrar" mean?
As a verb, "perpetrar" means: Cometer actos delictivos.
How do you pronounce "perpetrar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perpetrar" is [peɾpeˈt̪ɾaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perpetrar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.