colour
[ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)]
The verdict
“colour” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,730 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,730
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Color.
Corpus desk
Index ES-colour · colour · Spanish
colour · rank #71,730 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,730
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH Colomer
Nearest frequency peer: Colomer (-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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “colour”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Collao
Collao
28,275 corpus weight
- Colomer
Colomer
28,272 corpus weight
- colour
colour
28,271 corpus weight
- columba
columba
28,270 corpus weight
- comisura
comisura
28,269 corpus weight
- comparecerá
comparecerá
28,268 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “colour” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | colour |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “colour” en español
Rare enough to double-check
colour is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,730 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkʌl.ə(ɹ)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
colour has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is colour, spelled C-O-L-O-U-R.
Definition
- 1Color.
- 2Color.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how colour appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
My favourite colour is green.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).