colibríes
[koliˈβ̞ɾies]
The verdict
“colibríes” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #76,200 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,200
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Forma del plural de colibrí.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colibríes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koliˈβ̞ɾies] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,200 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colibríes” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
colibríes is uncommon Spanish at frequency #76,200 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koliˈβ̞ɾies]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de colibrí.".
colibríes has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is colibríes, spelled C-O-L-I-B-R-Í-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de colibrí.
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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Using “colibríes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-I-B-R-Í-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koliˈβ̞ɾies] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.