contrabandear
[kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞ãn̪d̪eˈaɾ]
The verdict
“contrabandear” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,507 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,507
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ejercer el contrabando
Corpus desk
Index ES-contrabandear · contrabandear · Spanish
contrabandear · rank #73,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,507
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contestaban
Nearest frequency peer: contestaban (-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 “contrabandear”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contactarem…
contactaremos
26,497 corpus weight
- contemporan…
contemporaneidad
26,496 corpus weight
- contestaban
contestaban
26,495 corpus weight
- contrabande…
contrabandear
26,494 corpus weight
- convencerá
convencerá
26,492 corpus weight
- conversador
conversador
26,491 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “contrabandear” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | contrabandear |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞ãn̪d̪eˈaɾ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #73,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “contrabandear” en español
Rare enough to double-check
contrabandear is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,507 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [kõn̪t̪ɾaβ̞ãn̪d̪eˈaɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ejercer el contrabando".
No generated misspelling entries exist for contrabandear in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 contrabandear, spelled C-O-N-T-R-A-B-A-N-D-E-A-R.
Definition
- 1Ejercer el contrabando
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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