dialectal
[d̪jalekˈt̪al]
The verdict
“dialectal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,497 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,497
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a un dialecto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dialectal · dialectal · Spanish
dialectal · rank #68,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,497
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dico
Nearest frequency peer: dico (+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 “dialectal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- destituye
destituye
31,509 corpus weight
- desvelando
desvelando
31,507 corpus weight
- dialectal
dialectal
31,504 corpus weight
- dico
dico
31,503 corpus weight
- dietéticas
dietéticas
31,502 corpus weight
- dinamización
dinamización
31,500 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dialectal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dialectal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪jalekˈt̪al] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dialectal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dialectal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,497 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪jalekˈt̪al]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne a un dialecto.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dialectal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is dialectal, spelled D-I-A-L-E-C-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a un dialecto.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dialectal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Durante mucho tiempo se creyó que esos libros impenetrables correspondían a lenguas pretéritas o remotas. Es verdad que los hombres más antiguos, los primeros bibliotecarios, usaban un lenguaje asaz diferente del que hablamos ahora; es verdad que unas millas a la derecha la lengua es dialectal y que noventa pisos más arriba, es incomprensible».
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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