claustrofobia
[klawst̪ɾoˈfoβ̞ja]
The verdict
“claustrofobia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,769 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,769
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Miedo irracional y enfermizo a estar en un espacio cerrado.
Corpus desk
Index ES-claustrofobia · claustrofobia · Spanish
claustrofobia · rank #66,769 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,769
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH clavijas
Nearest frequency peer: clavijas (+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 “claustrofobia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cheesecake
cheesecake
33,237 corpus weight
- chequeando
chequeando
33,235 corpus weight
- chillones
chillones
33,234 corpus weight
- claustrofob…
claustrofobia
33,232 corpus weight
- clavijas
clavijas
33,231 corpus weight
- coloquiales
coloquiales
33,227 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “claustrofobia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | claustrofobia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [klawst̪ɾoˈfoβ̞ja] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #66,769 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “claustrofobia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
claustrofobia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,769 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [klawst̪ɾoˈfoβ̞ja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Miedo irracional y enfermizo a estar en un espacio cerrado.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for claustrofobia, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is claustrofobia, spelled C-L-A-U-S-T-R-O-F-O-B-I-A.
Definition
- 1Miedo irracional y enfermizo a estar en un espacio cerrado.
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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