azalea

[asaˈlea]

/[asaˈlea]/ noun

The verdict

“azalea” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,103 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,103
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Árbol pequeño de la familia de las ericáceas, procedente del Cáucaso, de dos metros de altura, con hojas oblongas y hermosas flores reunidas en corimbo, con corolas de cinco lóbulos desiguales, que...

Corpus desk

Index ES-azalea · azalea · Spanish

azalea · rank #76,103 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,103
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH ayuna

Nearest frequency peer: ayuna (-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 “azalea”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for azalea
PropertyValue
Headwordazalea
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[asaˈlea]
Letters6
Frequency rank#76,103
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “azalea” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).azaleacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “ayuna” (#76,102), “añorando” (#76,105), “avivado” (#76,099). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “azalea” va en #76,103. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

azalea is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,103 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [asaˈlea]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Árbol pequeño de la familia de las ericáceas, procedente del Cáucaso, de dos metros de altura, con hojas oblongas y hermosas flores reunidas en corimbo, con corolas de cinco lóbulos desiguales, que...".

No generated misspelling entries exist for azalea in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is azalea, spelled A-Z-A-L-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Árbol pequeño de la familia de las ericáceas, procedente del Cáucaso, de dos metros de altura, con hojas oblongas y hermosas flores reunidas en corimbo, con corolas de cinco lóbulos desiguales, que contienen una sustancia venenosa.

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 "azalea"?
"azalea" is spelled A-Z-A-L-E-A. The IPA pronunciation is [asaˈlea].
What does "azalea" mean?
As a noun, "azalea" means: Árbol pequeño de la familia de las ericáceas, procedente del Cáucaso, de dos metros de altura, con hojas oblongas y hermosas flores reunidas en corimbo, con corolas de cinco lóbulos desiguales, que...
How do you pronounce "azalea"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "azalea" is [asaˈlea]. 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 "azalea", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list