catapulta
[kat̪aˈpul̪t̪a]
The verdict
“catapulta” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,735
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Máquina de guerra hecha para lanzar piedras u otros proyectiles, usada sobre todo en la antigüedad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-catapulta · catapulta · Spanish
catapulta · rank #54,735 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,735
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cartográfica
Nearest frequency peer: cartográfica (-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 “catapulta”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- carneros
carneros
45,269 corpus weight
- carretes
carretes
45,268 corpus weight
- cartográfica
cartográfica
45,267 corpus weight
- catapulta
catapulta
45,266 corpus weight
- catholic
catholic
45,265 corpus weight
- caución
caución
45,264 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “catapulta” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catapulta |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kat̪aˈpul̪t̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,735 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “catapulta” en español
Rare enough to double-check
catapulta is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,735 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kat̪aˈpul̪t̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Máquina de guerra hecha para lanzar piedras u otros proyectiles, usada sobre todo en la antigüedad.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for catapulta, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is catapulta, spelled C-A-T-A-P-U-L-T-A.
Definition
- 1Máquina de guerra hecha para lanzar piedras u otros proyectiles, usada sobre todo en la antigüedad.
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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