colorista
[koloˈɾist̪a]
The verdict
“colorista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,421 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,421
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona especializada en teñir el cabello.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colorista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [koloˈɾist̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,421 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “colorista” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
colorista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,421 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [koloˈɾist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for colorista, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is colorista, spelled C-O-L-O-R-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona especializada en teñir el cabello.
- 2En los cómics, persona que se hacía responsable de añadir color a las ilustraciones en blanco y negro.
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 “colorista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-O-L-O-R-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [koloˈɾist̪a] (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.