persista
[peɾˈsist̪a]
The verdict
“persista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,814 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,814
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de persistir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-persista · persista · Spanish
persista · rank #68,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,814
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pestillo
Nearest frequency peer: pestillo (+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 “persista”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perdiese
perdiese
31,191 corpus weight
- permitís
permitís
31,190 corpus weight
- perol
perol
31,189 corpus weight
- persista
persista
31,187 corpus weight
- pestillo
pestillo
31,186 corpus weight
- pidiese
pidiese
31,182 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “persista” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | persista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peɾˈsist̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #68,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “persista” en español
Rare enough to double-check
persista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,814 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾˈsist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for persista in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is persista, spelled P-E-R-S-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de subjuntivo de persistir.
- 2Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de persistir.
- 3Segunda persona del singular (usted) del imperativo de persistir.
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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