albatros
[alˈβ̞at̪ɾos]
The verdict
“albatros” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,345 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,345
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 120,137
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Diomedeidae) Familia de aves marinas,de la cual se reconocen 22 especies diferentes de grandes dimensiones del orden de los Procellariiformes. Se pueden encontrar principalmente cerca de la costa ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albatros |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈβ̞at̪ɾos] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,345 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “albatros” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
albatros is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,345 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈβ̞at̪ɾos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Diomedeidae) Familia de aves marinas,de la cual se reconocen 22 especies diferentes de grandes dimensiones del orden de los Procellariiformes. Se pueden encontrar principalmente cerca de la costa ...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for albatros, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is albatros, spelled A-L-B-A-T-R-O-S.
Definition
- 1(Diomedeidae) Familia de aves marinas,de la cual se reconocen 22 especies diferentes de grandes dimensiones del orden de los Procellariiformes. Se pueden encontrar principalmente cerca de la costa antártica, en el Atlántico Sur y en el océano Pacífico.^([definición imprecisa])
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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Using “albatros”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-L-B-A-T-R-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [alˈβ̞at̪ɾos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.