albumen
[alˈβ̞umẽn]
The verdict
“albumen” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fécula que envuelve inmediatamente el embrión de algunas plantas y le sirve de primer alimento. En unas es seco y blanco, y en otras, coriáceo, oleaginoso o carnoso y, a veces, córneo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-albumen · albumen · Spanish
albumen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "A" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | albumen |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈβ̞umẽn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “albumen” en español
Rare enough to double-check
albumen is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈβ̞umẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Fécula que envuelve inmediatamente el embrión de algunas plantas y le sirve de primer alimento. En unas es seco y blanco, y en otras, coriáceo, oleaginoso o carnoso y, a veces, córneo.".
albumen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is albumen, spelled A-L-B-U-M-E-N.
Definition
- 1Fécula que envuelve inmediatamente el embrión de algunas plantas y le sirve de primer alimento. En unas es seco y blanco, y en otras, coriáceo, oleaginoso o carnoso y, a veces, córneo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.