piquen
[ˈpikẽn]
The verdict
“piquen” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,758 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,758
- 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 picar o de picarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-piquen · piquen · Spanish
piquen · rank #75,758 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,758
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pinchan
Nearest frequency peer: pinchan (-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 “piquen”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pigmeo
pigmeo
24,247 corpus weight
- pinacoteca
pinacoteca
24,246 corpus weight
- pinchan
pinchan
24,245 corpus weight
- piquen
piquen
24,243 corpus weight
- pistoletazo
pistoletazo
24,241 corpus weight
- planee
planee
24,238 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “piquen” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | piquen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpikẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,758 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “piquen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
piquen is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,758 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpikẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for piquen in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is piquen, spelled P-I-Q-U-E-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de picar o de picarse.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de picar o del imperativo negativo de picarse.
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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