perturban

[peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn]

/[peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn]/ verb

The verdict

“perturban” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,808 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,808
frequency rank, Spanish
6,028
“P” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de perturbar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-perturban · perturban · Spanish

perturban · rank #55,808 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,808
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,028
  • PHOTO-FINISH persigo

Nearest frequency peer: persigo (-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 “perturban”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “perturban” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for perturban
PropertyValue
Headwordperturban
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#55,808
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “perturban” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).perturbancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “persigo” (#55,807), “perpetrada” (#55,806), “peyote” (#55,810). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “perturban” va en #55,808. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

perturban is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,808 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de perturbar.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for perturban, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

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 perturban, spelled P-E-R-T-U-R-B-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de perturbar.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "perturban"?
"perturban" is spelled P-E-R-T-U-R-B-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn].
What does "perturban" mean?
As a verb, "perturban" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de perturbar.
How do you pronounce "perturban"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "perturban" is [peɾˈt̪uɾβ̞ãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "perturban" come from?
"perturban" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "perturban", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list