boloñesa
[boloˈɲesa]
The verdict
“boloñesa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,973 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,973
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Salsa de tomate espesa, que lleva carne picada, panceta de cerdo y diversas hortalizas como la zanahoria, la cebolla o el apio. Tradicional de Bolonia.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bolonesa · boloñesa · Spanish
boloñesa · rank #77,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,973
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH Bordas
Nearest frequency peer: Bordas (+4 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 “boloñesa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bisiesto
bisiesto
22,035 corpus weight
- Bitar
Bitar
22,034 corpus weight
- bizcochitos
bizcochitos
22,033 corpus weight
- boloñesa
boloñesa
22,028 corpus weight
- Bordas
Bordas
22,024 corpus weight
- Brazilian
Brazilian
22,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “boloñesa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | boloñesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [boloˈɲesa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #77,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “boloñesa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
boloñesa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,973 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [boloˈɲesa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Salsa de tomate espesa, que lleva carne picada, panceta de cerdo y diversas hortalizas como la zanahoria, la cebolla o el apio. Tradicional de Bolonia.".
Zero misspellings are on record for boloñesa in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is boloñesa, spelled B-O-L-O-Ñ-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1Salsa de tomate espesa, que lleva carne picada, panceta de cerdo y diversas hortalizas como la zanahoria, la cebolla o el apio. Tradicional de Bolonia.
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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