culebrón
[kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]
The verdict
“culebrón” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,930 among 8,288 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,930
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8,288
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Criatura mitológica en forma de serpiente gigante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-culebron · culebrón · Spanish
culebrón · rank #56,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,930
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,288
- PHOTO-FINISH cumplimentar
Nearest frequency peer: cumplimentar (+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 “culebrón”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- cottage
cottage
43,077 corpus weight
- crucemos
crucemos
43,073 corpus weight
- culebrón
culebrón
43,071 corpus weight
- cumplimentar
cumplimentar
43,070 corpus weight
- curativos
curativos
43,069 corpus weight
- cóndores
cóndores
43,066 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “culebrón” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | culebrón |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kuleˈβ̞ɾõn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #56,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “culebrón” en español
Rare enough to double-check
culebrón is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,930 among 8,288 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kuleˈβ̞ɾõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for culebrón in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is culebrón, spelled C-U-L-E-B-R-Ó-N.
Definition
- 1Criatura mitológica en forma de serpiente gigante.
- 2Programa de televisión en episodios consecutivos, narrando una historia ficticia (aunque puede estar basada en hechos reales) de alto contenido melodramático.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how culebrón appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Francisco sigue desde Roma "la vida política y la vida interna del peronismo" no menos de cómo la seguía desde aquí, observó un cronista. Actuaba "como político", escribía "cartas", alentaba y disuadía. ¿Recordaba al general? No por casualidad, día tras día, el culebrón sobre su visita era alimentado con arte.
Synonyms
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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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