cambalache
[kãmbaˈlat͡ʃe]
The verdict
“cambalache” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,546 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,546
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Intercambio de bienes, especialmente si de poco valor.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cambalache · cambalache · Spanish
cambalache · rank #67,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,546
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH camaleones
Nearest frequency peer: camaleones (-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 “cambalache”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- calls
calls
32,458 corpus weight
- camaleones
camaleones
32,456 corpus weight
- cambalache
cambalache
32,455 corpus weight
- camboyano
camboyano
32,454 corpus weight
- Canet
Canet
32,453 corpus weight
- cantautores
cantautores
32,452 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cambalache” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cambalache |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kãmbaˈlat͡ʃe] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #67,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cambalache” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cambalache is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,546 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kãmbaˈlat͡ʃe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cambalache, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is cambalache, spelled C-A-M-B-A-L-A-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Intercambio de bienes, especialmente si de poco valor.
- 2Establecimiento dedicado a la compraventa de bienes usados.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how cambalache appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Igual que en la vidriera irrespetuosa de los cambalaches se ha mezclao la vida, y herida por un sable sin remaches ves llorar la Biblia junto a un calefón.
Synonyms
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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