arándano
[aˈɾãn̪d̪ano]
The verdict
“arándano” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #55,386 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,386
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Vaccinium spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas arbustivas de la familia de las ericáceas, nativas mayormente de las zonas templadas y frías del hemisferio norte, cuyas bayas se aprecian ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arándano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aˈɾãn̪d̪ano] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “arándano” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for arándano is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [aˈɾãn̪d̪ano]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,386 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Zero misspellings are on record for arándano in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is arándano, spelled A-R-Á-N-D-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Vaccinium spp.) Cualquiera de varias especies de plantas arbustivas de la familia de las ericáceas, nativas mayormente de las zonas templadas y frías del hemisferio norte, cuyas bayas se aprecian mucho en gastronomía
- 2(Vaccinium corymbosum) Por antonomasia, el arándano azul, una especie nativa de Norteamérica cuyos frutos de color azul intenso se emplean en la confección de jaleas y tartas
- 3Fruto de estas plantas, una baya epígina de color que va del rosa intenso al azul y el negro, de sabor algo ácido y muy fragante
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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Using “arándano”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-Á-N-D-A-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [aˈɾãn̪d̪ano] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.