astringente

[ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]

/[ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]/ adj

The verdict

“astringente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,480 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,480
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de la sustancia que se utiliza con fines médicos o industriales para astringir o contraer tejidos orgánicos y reducir el moco, el flujo de sangre y otras secreciones. Las disoluciones de sa...

Corpus desk

Index ES-astringente · astringente · Spanish

astringente · rank #67,480 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,480
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH aspiraban

Nearest frequency peer: aspiraban (-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 “astringente”

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 “astringente” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for astringente
PropertyValue
Headwordastringente
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]
Letters11
Frequency rank#67,480
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “astringente” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).astringentecae 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: “aspiraban” (#67,479), “atas” (#67,482), “asfaltar” (#67,477). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “astringente” va en #67,480. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

astringente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,480 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

astringente has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is astringente, spelled A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se dice de la sustancia que se utiliza con fines médicos o industriales para astringir o contraer tejidos orgánicos y reducir el moco, el flujo de sangre y otras secreciones. Las disoluciones de sales minerales generalmente son astringentes; y los de origen vegetal contienen taninos.
  2. 2
    Que produce un sabor metálico, seco y amargo.

Synonyms

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 "astringente"?
"astringente" is spelled A-S-T-R-I-N-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e].
What does "astringente" mean?
As an adjective, "astringente" means: Se dice de la sustancia que se utiliza con fines médicos o industriales para astringir o contraer tejidos orgánicos y reducir el moco, el flujo de sangre y otras secreciones. Las disoluciones de sa...
How do you pronounce "astringente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "astringente" is [ast̪ɾĩŋˈxẽn̪t̪e]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list