cenote
[seˈnot̪e]
The verdict
“cenote” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,950 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,950
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-cenote · cenote · Spanish
cenote · rank #65,950 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,950
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH caucásicos
Nearest frequency peer: caucásicos (-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 “cenote”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- casacas
casacas
34,054 corpus weight
- caucásicos
caucásicos
34,052 corpus weight
- cenote
cenote
34,051 corpus weight
- cenotes
cenotes
34,050 corpus weight
- censuren
censuren
34,049 corpus weight
- centraban
centraban
34,048 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “cenote” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cenote |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [seˈnot̪e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #65,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cenote” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cenote is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,950 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [seˈnot̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas ...".
cenote has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 cenote, spelled C-E-N-O-T-E.
Definition
- 1Depresión geológica inundada de origen kárstico que se encuentra en algunas cavernas muy profundas, como consecuencia de haberse derrumbado el techo de una o varias cuevas. Ahí se juntan las aguas subterráneas, formando un estanque más o menos profundo.
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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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