primate

[pɾiˈmat̪e]

/[pɾiˈmat̪e]/ adj

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “primate” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for primate
PropertyValue
Headwordprimate
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[pɾiˈmat̪e]
Letters7
Frequency rank#58,029
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “primate” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).primatecae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “preámbulos” (#58,028), “privadamente” (#58,030), “prestador” (#58,027). Entre 6,028 lemas con “P”, “primate” va en #58,029. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    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, 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "primate"?
"primate" is spelled P-R-I-M-A-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [pɾiˈmat̪e].
What does "primate" mean?
As an adjective, "primate" means: 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,...
How do you pronounce "primate"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "primate" is [pɾiˈmat̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "primate" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "primate", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list