primate
[pɾiˈmat̪e]
The verdict
“primate” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,029 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,029
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perteneciente o relacionado con el orden biológico de mamíferos al que pertenecen el hombre y sus parientes más cercanos. Los primates tienen 5 dedos (pentadactilia), con uñas, con pulgar oponible,...
Corpus desk
Index ES-primate · primate · Spanish
primate · rank #58,029 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,029
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH preámbulos
Nearest frequency peer: preámbulos (-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 “primate”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- prescritos
prescritos
41,975 corpus weight
- prestador
prestador
41,974 corpus weight
- preámbulos
preámbulos
41,973 corpus weight
- primate
primate
41,972 corpus weight
- privadamente
privadamente
41,971 corpus weight
- probatoria
probatoria
41,970 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “primate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | primate |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾiˈmat̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #58,029 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “primate” en español
Rare enough to double-check
primate is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,029 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɾiˈmat̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perteneciente o relacionado con el orden biológico de mamíferos al que pertenecen el hombre y sus parientes más cercanos. Los primates tienen 5 dedos (pentadactilia), con uñas, con pulgar oponible,...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for primate, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is primate, spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relacionado con el orden biológico de mamíferos al que pertenecen el hombre y sus parientes más cercanos. Los primates tienen 5 dedos (pentadactilia), con uñas, con pulgar oponible, al menos en las extremidades superiores, un patrón dental común, y un primitivo (no especializado) diseño corporal.
This word in other languages
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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