petulante
[pet̪uˈlãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“petulante” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,404 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,404
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que está ridículamente convencido de ser mejor que los demás.
Corpus desk
Index ES-petulante · petulante · Spanish
petulante · rank #66,404 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,404
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH persigues
Nearest frequency peer: persigues (-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 “petulante”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perfusión
perfusión
33,599 corpus weight
- persigues
persigues
33,598 corpus weight
- petulante
petulante
33,597 corpus weight
- physical
physical
33,596 corpus weight
- pillando
pillando
33,594 corpus weight
- pinten
pinten
33,593 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “petulante” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petulante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pet̪uˈlãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,404 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “petulante” en español
Rare enough to double-check
petulante is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,404 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pet̪uˈlãn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for petulante in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is petulante, spelled P-E-T-U-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que está ridículamente convencido de ser mejor que los demás.
- 2Que tiene petulancia.
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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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