balasto
[baˈlast̪o]
The verdict
“balasto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,252 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,252
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Capa de grava sobre la cual se asientan las traviesas de la vía férrea, usándose como un colchón para amortiguar el tránsito de los trenes y permitir el drenaje de las lluvias.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | balasto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈlast̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #99,252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “balasto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
balasto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,252 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈlast̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Capa de grava sobre la cual se asientan las traviesas de la vía férrea, usándose como un colchón para amortiguar el tránsito de los trenes y permitir el drenaje de las lluvias.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for balasto in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is balasto, spelled B-A-L-A-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Capa de grava sobre la cual se asientan las traviesas de la vía férrea, usándose como un colchón para amortiguar el tránsito de los trenes y permitir el drenaje de las lluvias.
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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Using “balasto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-L-A-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [baˈlast̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.