perplejo
[peɾˈplexo]
The verdict
“perplejo” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #31,056 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #31,056
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Dícese de una persona o ente sorprendido debido a un suceso, situación o evento inesperado o incomprensible.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perplejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [peɾˈplexo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #31,056 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perplejo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for perplejo is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [peɾˈplexo]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,056 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dícese de una persona o ente sorprendido debido a un suceso, situación o evento inesperado o incomprensible.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for perplejo, with forms such as "eprplejo", "peprlejo", and "perlpejo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "pellejo", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is perplejo, spelled P-E-R-P-L-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese de una persona o ente sorprendido debido a un suceso, situación o evento inesperado o incomprensible.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eprplejo,peprlejo,perlpejo,perpeljo,perplejjo,perpleoj,perpljeo,perpllejo,perpplejo,perrplejo,pperplejo,preplejo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of perplejo - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “perplejo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-E-R-P-L-E-J-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [peɾˈplexo] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “pellejo” - see the side-by-side comparison. perplejo vs pellejo
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.