pantanal
/ˈpɑntəˌnɑl/
"pantanal" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“pantanal” is uncommon English (frequency #85,620 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,620
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.
Corpus desk
Index EN-pantanal · pantanal · English
pantanal · rank #85,620 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,620
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH papilloma
Nearest frequency peer: papilloma (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “pantanal”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- overmatched
overmatched
14,390 corpus weight
- overworking
overworking
14,389 corpus weight
- pantanal
pantanal
14,381 corpus weight
- papilloma
papilloma
14,379 corpus weight
- paraplegia
paraplegia
14,376 corpus weight
- Patmore
Patmore
14,372 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “pantanal” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pantanal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈpɑntəˌnɑl/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,620 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “pantanal” in English
Rare enough to double-check
pantanal is uncommon English at frequency #85,620 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈpɑntəˌnɑl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.".
pantanal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Portuguese pantanal, in Bolivia and Paraguay probably via Spanish. The correct English form is pantanal, spelled P-A-N-T-A-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1A marsh (a broad, flat area with pools of water and trees) in the Pantanal region of South America.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pantanal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
To the west the savannahs extend as far as the affluents of the Paraguay and Madeira. Here, as on the coast, we come again to primeval forests, the 'pantanals,' of a tropical luxuriance, which, like the forests of Hylæa, owe their peculiarities to running water. To the south of these the plains of Gran-Chaco, and the woody highland of Paraguay, alternatin…
Lepidosiren lives in the vast swamps (chacos and pantanals) of Rio Paraguay and Rio Amazonas.
Etymology
Portuguese pantanal, in Bolivia and Paraguay probably via Spanish.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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