arcano
[aɾˈkano]
The verdict
“arcano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,543 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,543
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que es conocido o comprendido por muy pocos.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arcano · arcano · Spanish
arcano · rank #60,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,543
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arcanos
Nearest frequency peer: arcanos (+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 “arcano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aprehendidos
aprehendidos
39,461 corpus weight
- apresaron
apresaron
39,460 corpus weight
- arcano
arcano
39,458 corpus weight
- arcanos
arcanos
39,457 corpus weight
- aridez
aridez
39,456 corpus weight
- arlequín
arlequín
39,455 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arcano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | arcano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [aɾˈkano] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #60,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “arcano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
arcano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,543 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [aɾˈkano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que es conocido o comprendido por muy pocos.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for arcano in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is arcano, spelled A-R-C-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que es conocido o comprendido por muy pocos.
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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