apellida
[apeˈʝið̞a]
The verdict
“apellida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,780 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,780
- 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 apellidar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-apellida · apellida · Spanish
apellida · rank #59,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,780
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH Aos
Nearest frequency peer: Aos (-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 “apellida”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- anzuelos
anzuelos
40,224 corpus weight
- anómala
anómala
40,223 corpus weight
- Aos
Aos
40,222 corpus weight
- apellida
apellida
40,221 corpus weight
- apetitos
apetitos
40,220 corpus weight
- apresuradas
apresuradas
40,219 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “apellida” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | apellida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [apeˈʝið̞a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “apellida” en español
Rare enough to double-check
apellida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,780 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [apeˈʝið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for apellida, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is apellida, spelled A-P-E-L-L-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de apellidar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de apellidar.
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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