colorín

[koloˈɾĩn]

/[koloˈɾĩn]/ adj

The verdict

“colorín” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,818 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,818
frequency rank, Spanish
8,288
“C” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene el pelo de color rojizo, entre el cobre y el caoba de acuerdo a la proporción de eumelanina y feomelanina

Corpus desk

Index ES-colorin · colorín · Spanish

colorín · rank #81,818 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,818
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,288
  • PHOTO-FINISH coltán

Nearest frequency peer: coltán (+2 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 “colorín”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “colorín” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for colorín
PropertyValue
Headwordcolorín
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[koloˈɾĩn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,818
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “colorín” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).coloríncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “coltán” (#81,820), “colirio” (#81,814), “colérico” (#81,822). Entre 8,288 lemas con “C”, “colorín” va en #81,818. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

colorín is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,818 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [koloˈɾĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que tiene el pelo de color rojizo, entre el cobre y el caoba de acuerdo a la proporción de eumelanina y feomelanina".

No misspelling variants are generated for colorín in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 colorín, spelled C-O-L-O-R-Í-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que tiene el pelo de color rojizo, entre el cobre y el caoba de acuerdo a la proporción de eumelanina y feomelanina

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "colorín"?
"colorín" is spelled C-O-L-O-R-Í-N. The IPA pronunciation is [koloˈɾĩn].
What does "colorín" mean?
As an adjective, "colorín" means: Que tiene el pelo de color rojizo, entre el cobre y el caoba de acuerdo a la proporción de eumelanina y feomelanina
How do you pronounce "colorín"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "colorín" is [koloˈɾĩn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "colorín" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "colorín", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list