abyss
/əˈbɪs/
The verdict
“abyss” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,136 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,136
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abismo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-abyss · abyss · Spanish
abyss · rank #99,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,136
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH accederán
Nearest frequency peer: accederán (+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 “abyss”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- abonarse
abonarse
869 corpus weight
- abstemio
abstemio
868 corpus weight
- absteniéndo…
absteniéndose
867 corpus weight
- abyss
abyss
865 corpus weight
- accederán
accederán
864 corpus weight
- acrobática
acrobática
863 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “abyss” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | abyss |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /əˈbɪs/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,136 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “abyss” en español
Rare enough to double-check
abyss is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,136 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /əˈbɪs/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abismo.".
Zero misspellings are on record for abyss in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is abyss, spelled A-B-Y-S-S.
Definition
- 1Abismo.
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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