altillo
[al̪ˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“altillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,854 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,854
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sitio algo elevado, cerro o monte no muy alto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-altillo · altillo · Spanish
altillo · rank #65,854 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,854
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH alternador
Nearest frequency peer: alternador (-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 “altillo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aliviados
aliviados
34,150 corpus weight
- allanando
allanando
34,149 corpus weight
- alternador
alternador
34,148 corpus weight
- altillo
altillo
34,147 corpus weight
- ameba
ameba
34,146 corpus weight
- amemos
amemos
34,145 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “altillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | altillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [al̪ˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #65,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “altillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
altillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,854 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [al̪ˈt̪iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for altillo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is altillo, spelled A-L-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Sitio algo elevado, cerro o monte no muy alto.
- 2Parte más alta de una edificación, que puede ser un desván, un armario o espacio para almacenar objetos, o un piso elevado que sirve de habitación o estudio.
- 3Entreplanta o entrepiso que se usa como depósito.
- 4Armario que se fija en la pared a gran altura.
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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