apadrina
[apaˈð̞ɾina]
The verdict
“apadrina” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,085 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,085
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apadrinar o de apadrinarse.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apadrina · apadrina · Spanish
apadrina · rank #98,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,085
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apes
Nearest frequency peer: apes (+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 “apadrina”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- antelo
antelo
1,920 corpus weight
- apadrina
apadrina
1,916 corpus weight
- apes
apes
1,915 corpus weight
- apetecido
apetecido
1,914 corpus weight
- apilan
apilan
1,913 corpus weight
- apoderaba
apoderaba
1,912 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apadrina” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apadrina |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apaˈð̞ɾina] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #98,085 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apadrina” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apadrina is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,085 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apaˈð̞ɾina]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
apadrina doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is apadrina, spelled A-P-A-D-R-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apadrinar o de apadrinarse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de apadrinar.
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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