pueril
[pweˈɾil]
The verdict
“pueril” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,796 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,796
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de o relativo a los niños o a la niñez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pueril · pueril · Spanish
pueril · rank #53,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,796
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH psychology
Nearest frequency peer: psychology (-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 “pueril”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- propietarias
propietarias
46,211 corpus weight
- protestaba
protestaba
46,208 corpus weight
- psychology
psychology
46,207 corpus weight
- pueril
pueril
46,205 corpus weight
- quemándose
quemándose
46,202 corpus weight
- rabiar
rabiar
46,200 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pueril” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pueril |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pweˈɾil] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pueril” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pueril is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,796 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pweˈɾil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for pueril, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is pueril, spelled P-U-E-R-I-L.
Definition
- 1Propio de o relativo a los niños o a la niñez.
- 2Que muestra o sugiere inmadurez.
- 3Que es de poca importancia o seriedad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pueril appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mi carne toda se enternece ante este pueril detalle.
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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