ainu
[ˈajnu]
The verdict
“ainu” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,543 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,543
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia que habita hoy las islas japonesas de Hokkaido y Honshu, comprendiendo unas 150.000 personas. De origen asiático, y presuntamente naturales de la isla Sajalín, ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ainu · ainu · Spanish
ainu · rank #91,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,543
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ahorcaron
Nearest frequency peer: ahorcaron (-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 “ainu”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ahijados
ahijados
8,460 corpus weight
- ahorcaron
ahorcaron
8,459 corpus weight
- ainu
ainu
8,458 corpus weight
- airplane
airplane
8,457 corpus weight
- alarmismo
alarmismo
8,455 corpus weight
- alborotador
alborotador
8,454 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ainu” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ainu |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈajnu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #91,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ainu” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ainu is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,543 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈajnu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia que habita hoy las islas japonesas de Hokkaido y Honshu, comprendiendo unas 150.000 personas. De origen asiático, y presuntamente naturales de la isla Sajalín, ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ainu, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 ainu, spelled A-I-N-U.
Definition
- 1Perteneciente o relativo a una etnia que habita hoy las islas japonesas de Hokkaido y Honshu, comprendiendo unas 150.000 personas. De origen asiático, y presuntamente naturales de la isla Sajalín, están sólo lejanamente relacionados en cultura, religión y lengua con la etnia japonesa, y formaron hasta época muy reciente un grupo bien diferenciado.
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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