perro viejo
[ˈpero ˈβ̞jexo]
The verdict
“perro viejo” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona experimentada o astuta a la que resulta difícil engañar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-perro-viejo · perro viejo · Spanish
perro viejo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | perro viejo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈpero ˈβ̞jexo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “perro viejo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
perro viejo is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˈpero ˈβ̞jexo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Persona experimentada o astuta a la que resulta difícil engañar.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perro viejo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is perro viejo, spelled P-E-R-R-O- -V-I-E-J-O.
Definition
- 1Persona experimentada o astuta a la que resulta difícil engañar.
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.