trepan
[ˈt̪ɾepãn]
The verdict
“trepan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,734 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,734
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trepar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trepan · trepan · Spanish
trepan · rank #78,734 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,734
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trasmitida
Nearest frequency peer: trasmitida (-3 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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “trepan”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- tranquera
tranquera
21,273 corpus weight
- transcriben
transcriben
21,272 corpus weight
- trasmitida
trasmitida
21,270 corpus weight
- trepan
trepan
21,267 corpus weight
- tucanes
tucanes
21,264 corpus weight
- tuétano
tuétano
21,261 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “trepan” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trepan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾepãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trepan” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trepan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,734 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈt̪ɾepãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trepar.".
trepan doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented 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 trepan, spelled T-R-E-P-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de trepar.
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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