petar
[peˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“petar” has 6 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,859. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,859
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dar sensación de agrado o placer.
Corpus desk
Index ES-petar · petar · Spanish
petar · rank #49,859 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,859
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perseguidas
Nearest frequency peer: perseguidas (-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.
Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “petar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- perpetuarse
perpetuarse
50,144 corpus weight
- perseguidas
perseguidas
50,143 corpus weight
- petar
petar
50,142 corpus weight
- picaresca
picaresca
50,141 corpus weight
- pilastras
pilastras
50,140 corpus weight
- pillen
pillen
50,139 corpus weight
What this shows “petar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [peˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #49,859 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “petar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around petar (IPA [peˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,859 among 6,028 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for petar, with forms such as "eptar", "peatr", and "petarr". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "puta", "pete", "pita", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is petar, spelled P-E-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Dar sensación de agrado o placer.
- 2Malograrse el funcionamiento o propósito de algo.
- 3Golpear repetidamente una superficie, en especial una puerta.
- 4Practicar sexo, en particular cuando es anal.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how petar appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si mañana le peta así, nos pone de patitas en la calle, que una muy buena renta podría estar cobrando de este caserón
El rap es mi rap a callar Las piezas del puzzle encajar Petar la instrumental Variar y no pares con rap
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- eptar
- peatr
- petarr
- pettar
- ppetar
- ptear
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of petar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).