basilisco
[basiˈlisko]
The verdict
“basilisco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,814 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,814
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Animal de la mitología griega, descrito como una serpiente pequeña con la capacidad de matar con la mirada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-basilisco · basilisco · Spanish
basilisco · rank #59,814 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,814
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH barrocos
Nearest frequency peer: barrocos (-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 “basilisco”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aórtica
aórtica
40,192 corpus weight
- Baquero
Baquero
40,189 corpus weight
- barrocos
barrocos
40,188 corpus weight
- basilisco
basilisco
40,187 corpus weight
- baten
baten
40,186 corpus weight
- benemérito
benemérito
40,184 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “basilisco” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | basilisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [basiˈlisko] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,814 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “basilisco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
basilisco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,814 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [basiˈlisko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for basilisco, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is basilisco, spelled B-A-S-I-L-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1Animal de la mitología griega, descrito como una serpiente pequeña con la capacidad de matar con la mirada.
- 2(Basiliscus spp.) Reptil americano semejante a una pequeña iguana con cresta.
- 3Animal de la mitología chilota, semejante a una culebra con cabeza de gallo, que vive bajo las casas y mata a sus moradores chupándoles la saliva.
Synonyms
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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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