binocular
[binokuˈlaɾ]
The verdict
“binocular” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,611 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,611
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Instrumento usado para amplificar la imagen de objetos en la lejanía, que posee un par de tubos, y cada tubo contiene una serie de lentes y dos prismas, que amplían la imagen para cada ojo, produci...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | binocular |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [binokuˈlaɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,611 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “binocular” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
binocular is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,611 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [binokuˈlaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento usado para amplificar la imagen de objetos en la lejanía, que posee un par de tubos, y cada tubo contiene una serie de lentes y dos prismas, que amplían la imagen para cada ojo, produci...".
binocular 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is binocular, spelled B-I-N-O-C-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Instrumento usado para amplificar la imagen de objetos en la lejanía, que posee un par de tubos, y cada tubo contiene una serie de lentes y dos prismas, que amplían la imagen para cada ojo, produciendo la estereoscopía.
Synonyms
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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Using “binocular”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-I-N-O-C-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [binokuˈlaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.