almeja
[alˈmexa]
The verdict
“almeja” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,793 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,793
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre vulgar de varias especies de moluscos bivalvos con valvas de forma redondeada. Existen numerosas especies comestibles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-almeja · almeja · Spanish
almeja · rank #56,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,793
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH allana
Nearest frequency peer: allana (-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 “almeja”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alentada
alentada
43,211 corpus weight
- aljibe
aljibe
43,210 corpus weight
- allana
allana
43,209 corpus weight
- almeja
almeja
43,208 corpus weight
- almirantes
almirantes
43,207 corpus weight
- alojadas
alojadas
43,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “almeja” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | almeja |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈmexa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “almeja” en español
Rare enough to double-check
almeja is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,793 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈmexa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
almeja has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is almeja, spelled A-L-M-E-J-A.
Definition
- 1Nombre vulgar de varias especies de moluscos bivalvos con valvas de forma redondeada. Existen numerosas especies comestibles.
- 2Vulva de la mujer, por su parecido con ésta.
Synonyms
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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