bestiario
[besˈt̪jaɾjo]
The verdict
“bestiario” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,343 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,343
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conjunto de figuras de animales reales y fantásticos tallados en una obra arquitectónica o recogidos en libros. Son característicos los de capiteles, canecillos, mochetas y otros elementos de las c...
Corpus desk
Index ES-bestiario · bestiario · Spanish
bestiario · rank #68,343 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,343
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bermudo
Nearest frequency peer: Bermudo (-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 “bestiario”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- beis
beis
31,662 corpus weight
- belicoso
belicoso
31,661 corpus weight
- benévola
benévola
31,660 corpus weight
- Bermudo
Bermudo
31,659 corpus weight
- bestiario
bestiario
31,658 corpus weight
- Boden
Boden
31,654 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bestiario” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bestiario |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [besˈt̪jaɾjo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bestiario” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bestiario is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,343 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [besˈt̪jaɾjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
bestiario has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is bestiario, spelled B-E-S-T-I-A-R-I-O.
Definition
- 1Conjunto de figuras de animales reales y fantásticos tallados en una obra arquitectónica o recogidos en libros. Son característicos los de capiteles, canecillos, mochetas y otros elementos de las construcciones religiosas románicas.
- 2gladiador que luchaba contra animales en los circos de la Roma clásica.
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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