ballenera
[baʝeˈneɾa]
The verdict
“ballenera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,329 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,329
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bote ligero auxiliar, de tingladillo y de dos proas, usado en muchas partes, especialmente por los barcos balleneros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ballenera · ballenera · Spanish
ballenera · rank #68,329 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,329
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH baladí
Nearest frequency peer: baladí (-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 “ballenera”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- azotados
azotados
31,678 corpus weight
- baladí
baladí
31,673 corpus weight
- ballenera
ballenera
31,672 corpus weight
- banderillas
banderillas
31,671 corpus weight
- Basora
Basora
31,669 corpus weight
- Basso
Basso
31,668 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ballenera” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ballenera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baʝeˈneɾa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ballenera” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ballenera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,329 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baʝeˈneɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bote ligero auxiliar, de tingladillo y de dos proas, usado en muchas partes, especialmente por los barcos balleneros.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ballenera in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ballenera, spelled B-A-L-L-E-N-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Bote ligero auxiliar, de tingladillo y de dos proas, usado en muchas partes, especialmente por los barcos balleneros.
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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