alpiste
[alˈpist̪e]
The verdict
“alpiste” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,267 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,267
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Medicago sativa) Planta herbácea de la familia de las leguminosas, cultivada para usarla como forraje.
Corpus desk
Index ES-alpiste · alpiste · Spanish
alpiste · rank #68,267 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,267
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alojaron
Nearest frequency peer: alojaron (-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 “alpiste”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alentadoras
alentadoras
31,737 corpus weight
- alojaban
alojaban
31,736 corpus weight
- alojaron
alojaron
31,735 corpus weight
- alpiste
alpiste
31,734 corpus weight
- alquería
alquería
31,733 corpus weight
- aluviales
aluviales
31,731 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “alpiste” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | alpiste |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [alˈpist̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,267 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “alpiste” en español
Rare enough to double-check
alpiste is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,267 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alˈpist̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for alpiste in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is alpiste, spelled A-L-P-I-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1(Medicago sativa) Planta herbácea de la familia de las leguminosas, cultivada para usarla como forraje.
- 2Semilla del alpiste.
- 3Alcohol.
- 4Comida, víveres.
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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