beluga
[beˈluɣ̞a]
The verdict
“beluga” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,899 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,899
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cetáceo odontoceto que habita en la región ártica y subártica.
Corpus desk
Index ES-beluga · beluga · Spanish
beluga · rank #78,899 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,899
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH bellísimos
Nearest frequency peer: bellísimos (-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 “beluga”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- basquetboli…
basquetbolista
21,106 corpus weight
- belladona
belladona
21,104 corpus weight
- bellísimos
bellísimos
21,103 corpus weight
- beluga
beluga
21,102 corpus weight
- Bernaldo
Bernaldo
21,100 corpus weight
- bilbaíno
bilbaíno
21,098 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “beluga” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beluga |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beˈluɣ̞a] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,899 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “beluga” en español
Rare enough to double-check
beluga is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,899 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈluɣ̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cetáceo odontoceto que habita en la región ártica y subártica.".
beluga has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is beluga, spelled B-E-L-U-G-A.
Definition
- 1Cetáceo odontoceto que habita en la región ártica y subártica.
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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