arbitrio
[aɾˈβ̞it̪ɾjo]
The verdict
“arbitrio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,548 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,548
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capacidad que tiene el ser racional para decidir una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arbitrio · arbitrio · Spanish
arbitrio · rank #57,548 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,548
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apático
Nearest frequency peer: apático (-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 “arbitrio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aproximar
aproximar
42,456 corpus weight
- apuren
apuren
42,455 corpus weight
- apático
apático
42,454 corpus weight
- arbitrio
arbitrio
42,453 corpus weight
- argolla
argolla
42,452 corpus weight
- armaba
armaba
42,451 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arbitrio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arbitrio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈβ̞it̪ɾjo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,548 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arbitrio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arbitrio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,548 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈβ̞it̪ɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for arbitrio, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 arbitrio, spelled A-R-B-I-T-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Capacidad que tiene el ser racional para decidir una cosa.
- 2Decisión de una persona basada más en el capricho y la apetencia personal que en criterios de justicia o equidad.
- 3Medio extraordinario que se propone para el logro de algún fin.
- 4Sentencia del juez árbitro.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how arbitrio appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
A vosotros, respondió entonces la diosa, se os repartieron las propiedades al arbitrio de los Hados. A ti la hermosura, al águila la fuerza, al señor la melodía, al gallo el señalar las horas.
Nada hay más enemigo de un Estado que el tirano. Pues, para empezar, no existen leyes de la comunidad y domina sólo uno que tiene la ley bajo su arbitrio. Y esto no es igualitario.
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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