ambages
[ãmˈbaxes]
The verdict
“ambages” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,346 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,346
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rodeos de palabras o circunloquios, ya sea por afectación, o porque no se quiere explicar pronta y claramente una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ambages · ambages · Spanish
ambages · rank #73,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,346
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH amarran
Nearest frequency peer: amarran (-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 “ambages”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alusiva
alusiva
26,661 corpus weight
- amarillismo
amarillismo
26,657 corpus weight
- amarran
amarran
26,656 corpus weight
- ambages
ambages
26,655 corpus weight
- Amorebieta
Amorebieta
26,654 corpus weight
- andemos
andemos
26,652 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ambages” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ambages |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãmˈbaxes] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #73,346 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ambages” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ambages is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,346 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãmˈbaxes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for ambages in our index, 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 entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ambages, spelled A-M-B-A-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Rodeos de palabras o circunloquios, ya sea por afectación, o porque no se quiere explicar pronta y claramente una cosa.
- 2Rodeos o caminos intrincados, como los de un laberinto.
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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