pretenciosos
[pɾet̪ẽnˈsjosos]
The verdict
“pretenciosos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,228 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,228
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de pretencioso.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pretenciosos · pretenciosos · Spanish
pretenciosos · rank #89,228 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,228
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH priority
Nearest frequency peer: priority (+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 “pretenciosos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- prensada
prensada
10,778 corpus weight
- preocupará
preocupará
10,777 corpus weight
- preocupemos
preocupemos
10,776 corpus weight
- pretenciosos
pretenciosos
10,773 corpus weight
- priority
priority
10,772 corpus weight
- privilegian
privilegian
10,771 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pretenciosos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pretenciosos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾet̪ẽnˈsjosos] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #89,228 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pretenciosos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pretenciosos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,228 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɾet̪ẽnˈsjosos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de pretencioso.".
pretenciosos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pretenciosos, spelled P-R-E-T-E-N-C-I-O-S-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de pretencioso.
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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