críptica
[ˈkɾipt̪ika]
The verdict
“críptica” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,786 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,786
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino de críptico.
Corpus desk
Index ES-criptica · críptica · Spanish
críptica · rank #83,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,786
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cuadragésima
Nearest frequency peer: cuadragésima (+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 “críptica”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cotejos
cotejos
16,220 corpus weight
- couch
couch
16,219 corpus weight
- críptica
críptica
16,215 corpus weight
- cuadragésima
cuadragésima
16,213 corpus weight
- cuadrática
cuadrática
16,212 corpus weight
- cuantioso
cuantioso
16,211 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “críptica” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | críptica |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈkɾipt̪ika] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #83,786 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “críptica” en español
Rare enough to double-check
críptica is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,786 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈkɾipt̪ika]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino de críptico.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for críptica, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is críptica, spelled C-R-Í-P-T-I-C-A.
Definition
- 1Forma del femenino de críptico.
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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