Arecibo
[aɾeˈsiβ̞o]
The verdict
“Arecibo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,690 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,690
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad al norte de Puerto Rico, cuya playas son bañadas por el océano Atlántico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-arecibo · Arecibo · Spanish
Arecibo · rank #52,690 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,690
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH apresurarse
Nearest frequency peer: apresurarse (-2 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 “Arecibo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- apnea
apnea
47,316 corpus weight
- aprensión
aprensión
47,314 corpus weight
- apresurarse
apresurarse
47,313 corpus weight
- Arecibo
Arecibo
47,311 corpus weight
- arremeter
arremeter
47,308 corpus weight
- arrojaban
arrojaban
47,307 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Arecibo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Arecibo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [aɾeˈsiβ̞o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,690 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Arecibo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Arecibo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,690 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [aɾeˈsiβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad al norte de Puerto Rico, cuya playas son bañadas por el océano Atlántico.".
Arecibo has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is Arecibo, spelled A-R-E-C-I-B-O.
Definition
- 1Ciudad al norte de Puerto Rico, cuya playas son bañadas por el océano Atlántico.
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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