bantú
[bãn̪ˈt̪u]
The verdict
“bantú” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,844 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,844
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de una vasta familia de idiomas hablados en el centro y sur de África, tales como el zulú, el sotho, el suajili y el lingala.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bantu · bantú · Spanish
bantú · rank #62,844 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,844
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH balísticos
Nearest frequency peer: balísticos (-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 “bantú”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- avistado
avistado
37,163 corpus weight
- Ayamonte
Ayamonte
37,162 corpus weight
- balísticos
balísticos
37,158 corpus weight
- bantú
bantú
37,157 corpus weight
- barsa
barsa
37,156 corpus weight
- Baréin
Baréin
37,153 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bantú” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bantú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [bãn̪ˈt̪u] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #62,844 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bantú” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bantú is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,844 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [bãn̪ˈt̪u]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for bantú in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 bantú, spelled B-A-N-T-Ú.
Definition
- 1Se dice de una vasta familia de idiomas hablados en el centro y sur de África, tales como el zulú, el sotho, el suajili y el lingala.
- 2Se dice de la persona o los pueblos que hablan lenguas bantúes.
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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