conventillo
[kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo]
The verdict
“conventillo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,386 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,386
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Casa antigua y grande, que se subdivide en gran cantidad de cuartos o viviendas estrechas, cada una de las cuales aloja a familias pobres que pagan un arriendo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-conventillo · conventillo · Spanish
conventillo · rank #74,386 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,386
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH contáis
Nearest frequency peer: contáis (-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 “conventillo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- contrastadas
contrastadas
25,618 corpus weight
- contáis
contáis
25,616 corpus weight
- conventillo
conventillo
25,615 corpus weight
- convulso
convulso
25,614 corpus weight
- corred
corred
25,613 corpus weight
- cosidos
cosidos
25,612 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “conventillo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | conventillo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #74,386 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “conventillo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
conventillo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,386 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kõmbẽn̪ˈt̪iʝo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for conventillo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is conventillo, spelled C-O-N-V-E-N-T-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1Casa antigua y grande, que se subdivide en gran cantidad de cuartos o viviendas estrechas, cada una de las cuales aloja a familias pobres que pagan un arriendo.
- 2Casa grande destinada como vivienda para varias familias.
- 3Casa, vivienda o local destinado al comercio sexual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how conventillo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En los miserables conventillos en que vive el pueblo no se puede esperar que se conserve la inocencia de los niños, ni la honestidad de las costumbres.
La vida misma de los obreros y de sus familias está amenazada por el pestilente contagio de los conventillos.
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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