pértiga
[ˈpeɾt̪iɣ̞a]
The verdict
“pértiga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,098 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,098
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vara más alta que una persona.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pertiga · pértiga · Spanish
pértiga · rank #73,098 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,098
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prudentemente
Nearest frequency peer: prudentemente (-3 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 “pértiga”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- province
province
26,908 corpus weight
- provinieron
provinieron
26,907 corpus weight
- prudentemen…
prudentemente
26,906 corpus weight
- pértiga
pértiga
26,903 corpus weight
- quedasen
quedasen
26,900 corpus weight
- quejoso
quejoso
26,899 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pértiga” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pértiga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈpeɾt̪iɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pértiga” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pértiga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,098 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈpeɾt̪iɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pértiga, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 pértiga, spelled P-É-R-T-I-G-A.
Definition
- 1Vara más alta que una persona.
- 2Vara larga y flexible usada en atletismo para la competición de salto con pértiga, con la que el deportista se impulsa contra el suelo para superar un listón colocado a varios metros de altura.
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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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