caolín
[kaoˈlĩn]
The verdict
“caolín” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,857 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,857
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tipo de arcilla muy fina, originaria de China, de color blanco, que se emplea en porcelana.
Corpus desk
Index ES-caolin · caolín · Spanish
caolín · rank #79,857 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,857
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Capadocia
Nearest frequency peer: Capadocia (+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 “caolín”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- canastos
canastos
20,150 corpus weight
- cansaste
cansaste
20,146 corpus weight
- caolín
caolín
20,144 corpus weight
- Capadocia
Capadocia
20,143 corpus weight
- capear
capear
20,142 corpus weight
- carboncillo
carboncillo
20,139 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “caolín” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | caolín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kaoˈlĩn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,857 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “caolín” en español
Rare enough to double-check
caolín is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,857 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kaoˈlĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tipo de arcilla muy fina, originaria de China, de color blanco, que se emplea en porcelana.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for caolín, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 caolín, spelled C-A-O-L-Í-N.
Definition
- 1Tipo de arcilla muy fina, originaria de China, de color blanco, que se emplea en porcelana.
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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