arlequín

[aɾleˈkĩn]

/[aɾleˈkĩn]/ noun

The verdict

“arlequín” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,546 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,546
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personaje típico de la comedia del arte, un bufón pobre y astuto vestido con un traje a rombos de colores

Corpus desk

Index ES-arlequin · arlequín · Spanish

arlequín · rank #60,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,546
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aridez

Nearest frequency peer: aridez (-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 “arlequín”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “arlequín” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for arlequín
PropertyValue
Headwordarlequín
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾleˈkĩn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#60,546
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “arlequín” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.arlequíncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “aridez” (#60,545), “Arles” (#60,547), “arcanos” (#60,544). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “arlequín” va en #60,546. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

arlequín is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,546 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾleˈkĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.

arlequín doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented 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 arlequín, spelled A-R-L-E-Q-U-Í-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personaje típico de la comedia del arte, un bufón pobre y astuto vestido con un traje a rombos de colores
  2. 2
    Persona, especialmente actor, que viste un disfraz de arlequín₁
  3. 3
    Bastidor vertical que marca el lateral del escenario teatral
  4. 4
    Sorbete de varios colores
  5. 5
    Tejido de lana de varios colores
  6. 6
    Persona de aspecto abigarrado y ridículo

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "arlequín"?
"arlequín" is spelled A-R-L-E-Q-U-Í-N. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾleˈkĩn].
What does "arlequín" mean?
As a noun, "arlequín" means: Personaje típico de la comedia del arte, un bufón pobre y astuto vestido con un traje a rombos de colores
How do you pronounce "arlequín"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "arlequín" is [aɾleˈkĩn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "arlequín" come from?
"arlequín" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "arlequín", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list