bola de cristal

[ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al]

/[ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al]/ phrase

The verdict

“bola de cristal” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
15
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Esfera de vidrio usada para predecir el futuro.

Key facts for bola de cristal
PropertyValue
Headwordbola de cristal
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al]
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “bola de cristal” sits in Spanish frequency

bola de cristal falls outside the top-100,000 ranked Spanish words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for bola de cristal is 15 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Esfera de vidrio usada para predecir el futuro.".

No misspelling variants are generated for bola de cristal in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is bola de cristal, spelled B-O-L-A- -D-E- -C-R-I-S-T-A-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Esfera de vidrio usada para predecir el futuro.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bola de cristal"?
"bola de cristal" is spelled B-O-L-A- -D-E- -C-R-I-S-T-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al].
What does "bola de cristal" mean?
As a phrase, "bola de cristal" means: Esfera de vidrio usada para predecir el futuro.
How do you pronounce "bola de cristal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bola de cristal" is [ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “bola de cristal”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is B-O-L-A- -D-E- -C-R-I-S-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈbola ð̞e kɾisˈt̪al] (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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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