azabache
[asaˈβ̞at͡ʃe]
The verdict
“azabache” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,403 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,403
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variedad dura, negra y brillante del carbón vegetal llamado normalmente lignito, de textura compacta y pulimentable, apreciado para la talla. Úsase para hacer botones, dijes y otras obras de adorno.
Corpus desk
Index ES-azabache · azabache · Spanish
azabache · rank #51,403 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,403
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH baldíos
Nearest frequency peer: baldíos (+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 “azabache”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- avalados
avalados
48,602 corpus weight
- avellana
avellana
48,601 corpus weight
- avícola
avícola
48,600 corpus weight
- azabache
azabache
48,598 corpus weight
- baldíos
baldíos
48,597 corpus weight
- bereberes
bereberes
48,594 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “azabache” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | azabache |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [asaˈβ̞at͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,403 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “azabache” en español
Rare enough to double-check
azabache is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,403 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [asaˈβ̞at͡ʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for azabache in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is azabache, spelled A-Z-A-B-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Variedad dura, negra y brillante del carbón vegetal llamado normalmente lignito, de textura compacta y pulimentable, apreciado para la talla. Úsase para hacer botones, dijes y otras obras de adorno.
- 2Pájaro de unos ocho centímetros de largo, con el lomo de color ceniciento obscuro, el vientre blanco y la cabeza y las alas negras.
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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