barangay
[baɾãŋˈgaj]
The verdict
“barangay” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,714 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,714
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Navio o barco que usaban los naturales de Filipinas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barangay · barangay · Spanish
barangay · rank #92,714 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,714
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bare
Nearest frequency peer: bare (+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 “barangay”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- avistaron
avistaron
7,295 corpus weight
- awkward
awkward
7,293 corpus weight
- añoraba
añoraba
7,290 corpus weight
- barangay
barangay
7,287 corpus weight
- bare
bare
7,286 corpus weight
- Bayón
Bayón
7,284 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “barangay” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barangay |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baɾãŋˈgaj] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #92,714 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “barangay” en español
Rare enough to double-check
barangay is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,714 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baɾãŋˈgaj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Navio o barco que usaban los naturales de Filipinas.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barangay, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 barangay, spelled B-A-R-A-N-G-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Navio o barco que usaban los naturales de Filipinas.
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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