disk
/dɪsk/
The verdict
“disk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,505 among 90,663 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 90,663
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Una placa delgada, plana y circular o un objeto similar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | disk |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dɪsk/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “disk” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
disk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,505 among 90,663 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dɪsk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
disk doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, 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 typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 disk, spelled D-I-S-K.
Definition
- 1Una placa delgada, plana y circular o un objeto similar.
- 2Algo parecido a un disco.
- 3Un disco intervertebral.
- 4Un fonógrafo de vinilo/disco de gramófono.
- 5Elipsis de disco flexible (disquete - medio magnético extraíble) o de disco duro (almacenamiento digital persistente).
- 6Un disco, ya sea un CD-ROM, un CD de audio, un DVD o un medio de almacenamiento extraíble similar.
- 7Un tipo de grada; grada de discos. (botánica)
- 8Un agrandamiento en forma de anillo o copa del receptáculo de la flor o del ovario que produce néctar o, con menor frecuencia, los estambres.
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 “disk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is D-I-S-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /dɪsk/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.