armiño
[aɾˈmiɲo]
The verdict
“armiño” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,296 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,296
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Mustela erminea) Mustélido pequeño, nativo de Europa, de pelaje blanco en invierno y con el lomo pardo en verano. Es terrestre y un voraz predador.
Corpus desk
Index ES-armino · armiño · Spanish
armiño · rank #68,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,296
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH armonizado
Nearest frequency peer: armonizado (+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 “armiño”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arenque
arenque
31,708 corpus weight
- argumentaban
argumentaban
31,707 corpus weight
- armiño
armiño
31,705 corpus weight
- armonizado
armonizado
31,704 corpus weight
- arrastraban
arrastraban
31,703 corpus weight
- arrebatados
arrebatados
31,702 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “armiño” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | armiño |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾˈmiɲo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #68,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “armiño” en español
Rare enough to double-check
armiño is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,296 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈmiɲo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
armiño doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is armiño, spelled A-R-M-I-Ñ-O.
Definition
- 1(Mustela erminea) Mustélido pequeño, nativo de Europa, de pelaje blanco en invierno y con el lomo pardo en verano. Es terrestre y un voraz predador.
- 2Piel de este animal, usada antiguamente en confección.
- 3Por metonimia de su color blanco, cosa prístina o pura.
- 4Forro que muestra en campo de plata una representación estilizada de la cola del armiño₁ en sable.
- 5Mancha blanca en la base de la mano de un caballo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how armiño appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En lo de las armas blancas, pensaba limpiarlas de manera, en teniendo lugar, que lo fuesen más que un armiño; y con esto se quietó y prosiguió su camino, sin llevar otro que aquel que su caballo quería, creyendo que en aquello consistía la fuerza de las aventuras.
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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