criminalista
[kɾiminaˈlist̪a]
The verdict
“criminalista” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,650 among 77,812 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,650
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 77,812
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que se especializa en el estudio y la investigación del crimen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | criminalista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [kɾiminaˈlist̪a] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #86,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “criminalista” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
criminalista is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,650 among 77,812 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [kɾiminaˈlist̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
criminalista doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is criminalista, spelled C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Que se especializa en el estudio y la investigación del crimen
- 2Dicho de un abogado, que se especializa en lo penal
- 3Dicho de un escribano, que actúa en juicios penales
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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Using “criminalista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is C-R-I-M-I-N-A-L-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɾiminaˈlist̪a] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.