añil
[aˈɲil]
The verdict
“añil” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,349 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,349
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Color azul muy intenso, próximo al violeta.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anil · añil · Spanish
añil · rank #61,349 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,349
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH aventurado
Nearest frequency peer: aventurado (-2 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 “añil”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- auditorios
auditorios
38,657 corpus weight
- autogol
autogol
38,656 corpus weight
- avecinaba
avecinaba
38,655 corpus weight
- aventurado
aventurado
38,654 corpus weight
- añil
añil
38,652 corpus weight
- Bamako
Bamako
38,650 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “añil” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | añil |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɲil] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,349 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “añil” en español
Rare enough to double-check
añil is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,349 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aˈɲil]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for añil in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is añil, spelled A-Ñ-I-L.
Definition
- 1Color azul muy intenso, próximo al violeta.
- 2(Indigofera tinctoria) Arbusto asiático, de la familia de las fabáceas, cultivado desde la Antigüedad por el pigmento de intenso color azul que se obtiene de la fermentación de sus hojas. Es una planta perenne en climas adecuadas, con hojas pinnadas de color verde intenso e inflorescencias en espiga de vistoso color rosado. Por su capacidad de fijar el nitrógeno en el suelo, se cultiva en rotación con otras plantaciones de interés comercial, y como fuente de tinte natural aún en la actualidad.
- 3Pigmento azul obtenido de esta planta.
This word in other languages
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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