ayatolá
[aʝat̪oˈla]
The verdict
“ayatolá” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,698 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,698
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Segundo título más alto dentro del clero chiita duodecimano, que requiere conocimiento y dominio en ciencias islámicas como la jurisprudencia, la filosofía, el conocimiento iluminativo y la moral.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ayatola · ayatolá · Spanish
ayatolá · rank #66,698 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,698
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ayllu
Nearest frequency peer: ayllu (+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 “ayatolá”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- avalúo
avalúo
33,307 corpus weight
- aventó
aventó
33,305 corpus weight
- ayatolá
ayatolá
33,303 corpus weight
- ayllu
ayllu
33,302 corpus weight
- azotando
azotando
33,300 corpus weight
- añadan
añadan
33,299 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ayatolá” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ayatolá |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aʝat̪oˈla] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,698 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ayatolá” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ayatolá is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,698 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aʝat̪oˈla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Segundo título más alto dentro del clero chiita duodecimano, que requiere conocimiento y dominio en ciencias islámicas como la jurisprudencia, la filosofía, el conocimiento iluminativo y la moral.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ayatolá in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ayatolá, spelled A-Y-A-T-O-L-Á.
Definition
- 1Segundo título más alto dentro del clero chiita duodecimano, que requiere conocimiento y dominio en ciencias islámicas como la jurisprudencia, la filosofía, el conocimiento iluminativo y la moral.
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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