anticuario
[ãn̪t̪iˈkwaɾjo]
The verdict
“anticuario” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,369 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,369
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Comerciante de objetos antiguos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-anticuario · anticuario · Spanish
anticuario · rank #55,369 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,369
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH anaranjada
Nearest frequency peer: anaranjada (-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 “anticuario”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- alucinógenos
alucinógenos
44,635 corpus weight
- anaranjada
anaranjada
44,633 corpus weight
- anticuario
anticuario
44,632 corpus weight
- anuladas
anuladas
44,631 corpus weight
- apagaba
apagaba
44,630 corpus weight
- aplazada
aplazada
44,628 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “anticuario” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | anticuario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ãn̪t̪iˈkwaɾjo] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “anticuario” en español
Rare enough to double-check
anticuario is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,369 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ãn̪t̪iˈkwaɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for anticuario, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is anticuario, spelled A-N-T-I-C-U-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Comerciante de objetos antiguos.
- 2Especialista, entendido en objetos antiguos.
- 3Tienda, comercio de objetos antiguos o antigüedades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how anticuario appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
¿Quién más podría ser incitado a no ser nosotros, quienes nos sentamos aquí y quizás opinamos aún que la lección sobre Heráclito pone en escena una huida a la “historia del espíritu” y a los anticuarios del pensar?
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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