peten
[ˈpet̪ẽn]
The verdict
“peten” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,163 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,163
- 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 subjuntivo de petar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-peten · peten · Spanish
peten · rank #85,163 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,163
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pertinaz
Nearest frequency peer: pertinaz (-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 “peten”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- 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
- peuco
peuco
14,835 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “peten” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | peten |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpet̪ẽn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #85,163 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “peten” en español
Rare enough to double-check
peten is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,163 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpet̪ẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
peten has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is peten, spelled P-E-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de petar.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de petar.
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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