conservative
/kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/
The verdict
“conservative” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,918 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,918
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiende a resistir el cambio o la innovación, conservador.
Corpus desk
Index ES-conservative · conservative · Spanish
conservative · rank #79,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,918
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH consagran
Nearest frequency peer: consagran (-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 “conservative”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- confidencia…
confidencialmente
20,086 corpus weight
- conmutadores
conmutadores
20,085 corpus weight
- consagran
consagran
20,084 corpus weight
- conservative
conservative
20,083 corpus weight
- considerand…
considerandos
20,082 corpus weight
- consignan
consignan
20,081 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “conservative” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conservative |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #79,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “conservative” en español
Rare enough to double-check
conservative is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,918 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /kənˈsɜː.və.tɪv/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for conservative, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is conservative, spelled C-O-N-S-E-R-V-A-T-I-V-E.
Definition
- 1Que tiende a resistir el cambio o la innovación, conservador.
- 2Que tiene el poder para preservar en un estado seguro o entero, o de pérdida, desperdicio o daño, conservativo; preservativo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how conservative appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The curriculum committee at this university is extremely conservative.
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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