petunia
[peˈt̪unja]
The verdict
“petunia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,311 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,311
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Planta de la familia de las solanáceas, muy ramosa, con las hojas aovadas y enteras, y las flores infundibuliformes, grandes, olorosas y de color blanquecino.
Corpus desk
Index ES-petunia · petunia · Spanish
petunia · rank #81,311 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,311
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH perspicaces
Nearest frequency peer: perspicaces (-2 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 “petunia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perd
perd
18,696 corpus weight
- perforan
perforan
18,694 corpus weight
- persiguiera
persiguiera
18,693 corpus weight
- perspicaces
perspicaces
18,692 corpus weight
- petunia
petunia
18,690 corpus weight
- pitidos
pitidos
18,685 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “petunia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | petunia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈt̪unja] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,311 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “petunia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
petunia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,311 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈt̪unja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for petunia in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is petunia, spelled P-E-T-U-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Planta de la familia de las solanáceas, muy ramosa, con las hojas aovadas y enteras, y las flores infundibuliformes, grandes, olorosas y de color blanquecino.
- 2Por extensión, sus flores.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how petunia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Se ha tenido éxito en experimentos realizados en tabaco, petunia y nabo. Sucesivamente, con esta técnica se ha incorporado ADN “desnudo” también en maíz y arroz».
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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