dirigible
[d̪iɾiˈxiβ̞le]
The verdict
“dirigible” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,706 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,706
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que se puede dirigir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-dirigible · dirigible · Spanish
dirigible · rank #57,706 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,706
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH dianas
Nearest frequency peer: dianas (-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 “dirigible”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- devi
devi
42,298 corpus weight
- devolvemos
devolvemos
42,297 corpus weight
- dianas
dianas
42,296 corpus weight
- dirigible
dirigible
42,295 corpus weight
- disimulada
disimulada
42,294 corpus weight
- disparadas
disparadas
42,293 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “dirigible” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dirigible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [d̪iɾiˈxiβ̞le] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #57,706 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “dirigible” en español
Rare enough to double-check
dirigible is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,706 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [d̪iɾiˈxiβ̞le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que se puede dirigir.".
dirigible doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is dirigible, spelled D-I-R-I-G-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que se puede dirigir.
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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