coltán
[kol̪ˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“coltán” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,820 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,820
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mineral de color gris metálico oscuro, mezcla de columbita y tantalita.
Corpus desk
Index ES-coltan · coltán · Spanish
coltán · rank #81,820 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,820
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH colorín
Nearest frequency peer: colorín (-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 “coltán”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- colirio
colirio
18,187 corpus weight
- colorín
colorín
18,183 corpus weight
- coltán
coltán
18,181 corpus weight
- colérico
colérico
18,179 corpus weight
- comandando
comandando
18,178 corpus weight
- combatirá
combatirá
18,177 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “coltán” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | coltán |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kol̪ˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #81,820 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “coltán” en español
Rare enough to double-check
coltán is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,820 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kol̪ˈt̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mineral de color gris metálico oscuro, mezcla de columbita y tantalita.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for coltán, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is coltán, spelled C-O-L-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1Mineral de color gris metálico oscuro, mezcla de columbita y tantalita.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how coltán appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
(1997) «En las minas trabajan diariamente más de 20 000. Se les pagan salarios irrisorios por el kilo de coltán (que en el mercado de Londres se cotiza de 250 a 300 dólares).» Roberto Correa Wilson, La batalla por el coltán.
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.
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