asbestos
[asˈβ̞est̪os]
The verdict
“asbestos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #90,608 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,608
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de asbesto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-asbestos · asbestos · Spanish
asbestos · rank #90,608 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,608
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH arrullo
Nearest frequency peer: arrullo (-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 “asbestos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Aritz
Aritz
9,398 corpus weight
- arrullo
arrullo
9,394 corpus weight
- asbestos
asbestos
9,393 corpus weight
- ascenderán
ascenderán
9,392 corpus weight
- asepsia
asepsia
9,391 corpus weight
- atajado
atajado
9,388 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “asbestos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | asbestos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asˈβ̞est̪os] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #90,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “asbestos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
asbestos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #90,608 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [asˈβ̞est̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de asbesto.".
asbestos 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is asbestos, spelled A-S-B-E-S-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de asbesto.
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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