pertinaz
[peɾt̪iˈnas]
The verdict
“pertinaz” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,162 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,162
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obstinado, terco o muy tenaz en su dictamen o resolución.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pertinaz · pertinaz · Spanish
pertinaz · rank #85,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,162
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perecen
Nearest frequency peer: perecen (-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 “pertinaz”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- percent
percent
14,843 corpus weight
- perdonaste
perdonaste
14,841 corpus weight
- perecen
perecen
14,840 corpus weight
- pertinaz
pertinaz
14,839 corpus weight
- peten
peten
14,838 corpus weight
- pets
pets
14,836 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pertinaz” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pertinaz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [peɾt̪iˈnas] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pertinaz” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pertinaz is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,162 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [peɾt̪iˈnas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for pertinaz, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pertinaz, spelled P-E-R-T-I-N-A-Z.
Definition
- 1Obstinado, terco o muy tenaz en su dictamen o resolución.
- 2Muy duradero o persistente.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pertinaz appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es mí padre pertinaz; ni viejo admite la paz, ni mozo quita del lado el acero que desciño.
Esto ha sido por vustedes que agora va mi soneto: Boca más sazonada que el arroz y más recta que un juez, blanca nariz, manos más blancas que la regaliz, y ojos más segadores que una hoz, manos que, como patas, pegan coz, ojos que echan de rayos un cahíz, boca que está de zape y dice miz, y nariz que la sirve de albornoz, nariz con el catarro pertinaz, oj…
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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