colando
[koˈlãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“colando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,810 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,810
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de colar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colando · colando · Spanish
colando · rank #81,810 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,810
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 77,812
- PHOTO-FINISH colapsadas
Nearest frequency peer: colapsadas (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “colando”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- coas
coas
18,193 corpus weight
- colando
colando
18,191 corpus weight
- colapsadas
colapsadas
18,190 corpus weight
- Colchagua
Colchagua
18,189 corpus weight
- coletilla
coletilla
18,188 corpus weight
- colirio
colirio
18,187 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “colando” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [koˈlãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
colando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,810 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koˈlãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de colar.".
No misspelling variants are generated for colando in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is colando, spelled C-O-L-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de colar.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.