cobani
[koˈβ̞ani]
The verdict
“cobani” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Agente de alguna fuerza de seguridad, como la policía o los guardiacárceles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-cobani · cobani · Spanish
cobani · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "C" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cobani |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koˈβ̞ani] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “cobani” en español
Rare enough to double-check
cobani is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [koˈβ̞ani]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Agente de alguna fuerza de seguridad, como la policía o los guardiacárceles.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for cobani, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 cobani, spelled C-O-B-A-N-I.
Definition
- 1Agente de alguna fuerza de seguridad, como la policía o los guardiacárceles.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how cobani appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Entre quedar mal con los presos y quedar mal con los cobanis, más vale que te conviene la segunda.
Ahí empezaron a decir: ‘Matalo que es cobani’ (policía).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.