carroñero
[karoˈɲeɾo]
The verdict
“carroñero” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,588 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,588
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la carroña.
Corpus desk
Index ES-carronero · carroñero · Spanish
carroñero · rank #87,588 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,588
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH carnavalesca
Nearest frequency peer: carnavalesca (-2 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 “carroñero”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- capté
capté
12,417 corpus weight
- cargándose
cargándose
12,416 corpus weight
- carnavalesca
carnavalesca
12,415 corpus weight
- carroñero
carroñero
12,413 corpus weight
- casemos
casemos
12,411 corpus weight
- castigaría
castigaría
12,410 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “carroñero” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | carroñero |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [karoˈɲeɾo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,588 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “carroñero” en español
Rare enough to double-check
carroñero is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,588 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [karoˈɲeɾo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
carroñero doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is carroñero, spelled C-A-R-R-O-Ñ-E-R-O.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a la carroña.
- 2Que se alimenta de cadáveres en descomposición o carroña.
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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