pétreo
[ˈpet̪ɾeo]
The verdict
“pétreo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,250 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,250
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hecho de roca o piedra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-petreo · pétreo · Spanish
pétreo · rank #89,250 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,250
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH punteada
Nearest frequency peer: punteada (-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 “pétreo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- provoques
provoques
10,758 corpus weight
- pulsador
pulsador
10,755 corpus weight
- punteada
punteada
10,754 corpus weight
- pétreo
pétreo
10,751 corpus weight
- rang
rang
10,744 corpus weight
- rash
rash
10,743 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pétreo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pétreo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈpet̪ɾeo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,250 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pétreo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pétreo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,250 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈpet̪ɾeo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pétreo in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pétreo, spelled P-É-T-R-E-O.
Definition
- 1Hecho de roca o piedra.
- 2Cubierto de rocas o de piedras.
- 3Similar a la piedra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pétreo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
-No se trata de un murciélago -precisó Bonus Eventus, volviéndose a hundir en el confidente-. Son las filtraciones de agua que escurren por los pétreos muros.
… junto con los restos pétreos monumentales (El Caracol, pirámides escalonadas)
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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