Popocatépetl
[popokaˈt̪epet̪]
The verdict
“Popocatépetl” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,201 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,201
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Uno del los volcanes mas activos de México localizado a 45 km al sureste de la ciudad de Puebla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-popocatepetl · Popocatépetl · Spanish
Popocatépetl · rank #67,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,201
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH porke
Nearest frequency peer: porke (+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 “Popocatépetl”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- plantearía
plantearía
32,806 corpus weight
- plomeros
plomeros
32,804 corpus weight
- Podestá
Podestá
32,803 corpus weight
- Policarpo
Policarpo
32,802 corpus weight
- Popocatépetl
Popocatépetl
32,800 corpus weight
- porke
porke
32,799 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Popocatépetl” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Popocatépetl |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [popokaˈt̪epet̪] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #67,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Popocatépetl” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Popocatépetl is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,201 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [popokaˈt̪epet̪]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Uno del los volcanes mas activos de México localizado a 45 km al sureste de la ciudad de Puebla.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Popocatépetl in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Popocatépetl, spelled P-O-P-O-C-A-T-É-P-E-T-L.
Definition
- 1Uno del los volcanes mas activos de México localizado a 45 km al sureste de la ciudad de Puebla.
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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