ASCII
[aˈsii]
The verdict
“ASCII” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,828 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,828
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Código de caracteres basado en el alfabeto latino tal como se usa en inglés moderno y en otras lenguas occidentales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ascii · ASCII · Spanish
ASCII · rank #62,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,828
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH asimétricas
Nearest frequency peer: asimétricas (+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 “ASCII”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- arrodillada
arrodillada
37,177 corpus weight
- ASCII
ASCII
37,173 corpus weight
- asimétricas
asimétricas
37,172 corpus weight
- Asin
Asin
37,171 corpus weight
- assessment
assessment
37,170 corpus weight
- astrofísico
astrofísico
37,169 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ASCII” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ASCII |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | [aˈsii] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,828 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ASCII” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ASCII is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,828 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [aˈsii]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Código de caracteres basado en el alfabeto latino tal como se usa en inglés moderno y en otras lenguas occidentales.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ASCII in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ASCII, spelled A-S-C-I-I.
Definition
- 1Código de caracteres basado en el alfabeto latino tal como se usa en inglés moderno y en otras lenguas occidentales.
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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