barista
[baˈɾist̪a]
The verdict
“barista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,533 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,533
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Profesional especializado en el café de alta calidad, que trabaja creando nuevas y diferentes bebidas basadas en él, usando varios tipos de leches, esencias y licores, entre otros.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barista · barista · Spanish
barista · rank #72,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,533
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH barita
Nearest frequency peer: barita (+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 “barista”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aullar
aullar
27,477 corpus weight
- autócrata
autócrata
27,474 corpus weight
- barista
barista
27,468 corpus weight
- barita
barita
27,467 corpus weight
- bañeras
bañeras
27,464 corpus weight
- Beteta
Beteta
27,460 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “barista” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baˈɾist̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #72,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “barista” en español
Rare enough to double-check
barista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,533 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baˈɾist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Profesional especializado en el café de alta calidad, que trabaja creando nuevas y diferentes bebidas basadas en él, usando varios tipos de leches, esencias y licores, entre otros.".
Zero misspellings are on record for barista in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 barista, spelled B-A-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Profesional especializado en el café de alta calidad, que trabaja creando nuevas y diferentes bebidas basadas en él, usando varios tipos de leches, esencias y licores, entre otros.
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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