adivinanza
[að̞iβ̞iˈnãnsa]
The verdict
“adivinanza” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,306 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,306
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Formulación de un acertijo o rompecabezas –una declaración que se refiere a algo de modo engañoso, codificado o enigmático– para que sea resuelto por el oyente o lector.
Corpus desk
Index ES-adivinanza · adivinanza · Spanish
adivinanza · rank #53,306 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,306
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH adheridas
Nearest frequency peer: adheridas (-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 “adivinanza”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- acompañaría
acompañaría
46,699 corpus weight
- adelantamie…
adelantamiento
46,697 corpus weight
- adheridas
adheridas
46,696 corpus weight
- adivinanza
adivinanza
46,695 corpus weight
- adolece
adolece
46,694 corpus weight
- aflorar
aflorar
46,691 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “adivinanza” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | adivinanza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [að̞iβ̞iˈnãnsa] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #53,306 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “adivinanza” en español
Rare enough to double-check
adivinanza is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,306 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [að̞iβ̞iˈnãnsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
adivinanza doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 adivinanza, spelled A-D-I-V-I-N-A-N-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Formulación de un acertijo o rompecabezas –una declaración que se refiere a algo de modo engañoso, codificado o enigmático– para que sea resuelto por el oyente o lector.
- 2Situación o afirmación difícil de entender o solucionar.
- 3Acción o efecto de adivinar (en sus diferentes acepciones).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how adivinanza appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La frase "oro parece, plata no es" es una adivinanza sobre el plátano (pla-ta-no-es).
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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