balística

[baˈlist̪ika]

/[baˈlist̪ika]/ noun

The verdict

“balística” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,837 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,837
frequency rank, Spanish
2,459
“B” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciencia cuyo objetivo es el cálculo de la dirección, el alcance y el comportamiento de proyectiles. Son cuatro ramas principales de balística: interna, externa, de efectos, e identificativa o compa...

Corpus desk

Index ES-balistica · balística · Spanish

balística · rank #56,837 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,837
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,459
  • PHOTO-FINISH Barea

Nearest frequency peer: Barea (+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 “balística”

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for balística
PropertyValue
Headwordbalística
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈlist̪ika]
Letters9
Frequency rank#56,837
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “balística” en español

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

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “Barea” (#56,838), “bailemos” (#56,835), “barren” (#56,839). Entre 2,459 lemas con “B”, “balística” va en #56,837. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

balística is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,837 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈlist̪ika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciencia cuyo objetivo es el cálculo de la dirección, el alcance y el comportamiento de proyectiles. Son cuatro ramas principales de balística: interna, externa, de efectos, e identificativa o compa...".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for balística, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 balística, spelled B-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ciencia cuyo objetivo es el cálculo de la dirección, el alcance y el comportamiento de proyectiles. Son cuatro ramas principales de balística: interna, externa, de efectos, e identificativa o comparativa, que incluye la subrama forense, de aplicación judicial.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how balística appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. La problemática que tiene que resolver la balística forense sigue un camino inverso a la planteada a la ciencia balística clásica. Para ésta un problema podría ser la munición y arma a utilizar para conseguir unos efectos en un blanco determinado, mientras que para la balística forense sería que, a la vista de los efectos producidos en tal blanco, se dete…

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 "balística"?
"balística" is spelled B-A-L-Í-S-T-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈlist̪ika].
What does "balística" mean?
As a noun, "balística" means: Ciencia cuyo objetivo es el cálculo de la dirección, el alcance y el comportamiento de proyectiles. Son cuatro ramas principales de balística: interna, externa, de efectos, e identificativa o compa...
How do you pronounce "balística"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "balística" is [baˈlist̪ika]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "balística" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list