adelita
[að̞eˈlit̪a]
The verdict
“adelita” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,638 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,638
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mujer que en el México revolucionario acompañaba al combate al hombre de la familia, ya fuera esposo, novio, hermano o padre, en calidad de ayudante, para realizar labores logísticas tales como hac...
Corpus desk
Index ES-adelita · adelita · Spanish
adelita · rank #81,638 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,638
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH adjudicatario
Nearest frequency peer: adjudicatario (+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 “adelita”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aconsejada
aconsejada
18,367 corpus weight
- acrobático
acrobático
18,366 corpus weight
- adelita
adelita
18,363 corpus weight
- adjudicatar…
adjudicatario
18,362 corpus weight
- adosados
adosados
18,361 corpus weight
- adquirían
adquirían
18,360 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adelita” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adelita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [að̞eˈlit̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,638 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “adelita” en español
Rare enough to double-check
adelita is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,638 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [að̞eˈlit̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mujer que en el México revolucionario acompañaba al combate al hombre de la familia, ya fuera esposo, novio, hermano o padre, en calidad de ayudante, para realizar labores logísticas tales como hac...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for adelita, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 adelita, spelled A-D-E-L-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Mujer que en el México revolucionario acompañaba al combate al hombre de la familia, ya fuera esposo, novio, hermano o padre, en calidad de ayudante, para realizar labores logísticas tales como hacer la comida, preparar el fusil o remendar la ropa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adelita appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Señoras, las adelitas no lo eran por haber sido violadas o privadas de su libertad, ni porque recibieran el más humillante trato de esclavas, sino porque eran solidarias con sus compañeros. Las adelitas no guisaban a la fuerza. Recuerden sus fotografías, los rostros duros, hechos así por vivir en la guerra, la resolución en cada uno de sus gestos, el car…
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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