bombillo
[bõmˈbiʝo]
The verdict
“bombillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,633 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,633
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objeto de vidrio que contiene un filamento incandescente por electricidad en atmósfera inerte que sirve para iluminar espacios.
Corpus desk
Index ES-bombillo · bombillo · Spanish
bombillo · rank #84,633 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,633
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH blandón
Nearest frequency peer: blandón (-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 “bombillo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bizantinas
bizantinas
15,373 corpus weight
- blandón
blandón
15,372 corpus weight
- bombillo
bombillo
15,368 corpus weight
- Brandsen
Brandsen
15,364 corpus weight
- braña
braña
15,363 corpus weight
- breathe
breathe
15,362 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “bombillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bombillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bõmˈbiʝo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,633 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “bombillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
bombillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,633 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bõmˈbiʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
bombillo 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.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is bombillo, spelled B-O-M-B-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Objeto de vidrio que contiene un filamento incandescente por electricidad en atmósfera inerte que sirve para iluminar espacios.
- 2Objeto similar a un sifón, que se coloca en los retretes para evitar el ascenso de los olores fetidos.
- 3Bomba pequeña y portátil destinada para la lucha contra incendios.
- 4Tubo utilizado para absorbar líquidos por la boca.
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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