disk

/dɪsk/

//dɪsk// noun

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The verdict

“disk” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,505 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,505
frequency rank, Spanish
4,885
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Una placa delgada, plana y circular o un objeto similar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-disk · disk · Spanish

disk · rank #68,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,505
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,885
  • PHOTO-FINISH disolvieron

Nearest frequency peer: disolvieron (+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 “disk”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “disk” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for disk
PropertyValue
Headworddisk
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/dɪsk/
Letters4
Frequency rank#68,505
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “disk” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).diskcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “disolvieron” (#68,506), “discrecionales” (#68,503), “distinguían” (#68,507). Entre 4,885 lemas con “D”, “disk” va en #68,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

disk is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,505 among 4,885 “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

  1. 1
    Una placa delgada, plana y circular o un objeto similar.
  2. 2
    Algo parecido a un disco.
  3. 3
    Un disco intervertebral.
  4. 4
    Un fonógrafo de vinilo/disco de gramófono.
  5. 5
    Elipsis de disco flexible (disquete - medio magnético extraíble) o de disco duro (almacenamiento digital persistente).
  6. 6
    Un disco, ya sea un CD-ROM, un CD de audio, un DVD o un medio de almacenamiento extraíble similar.
  7. 7
    Un tipo de grada; grada de discos. (botánica)
  8. 8
    Un agrandamiento en forma de anillo o copa del receptáculo de la flor o del ovario que produce néctar o, con menor frecuencia, los estambres.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how disk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. A coin is a disk of metal.
  2. Venus' disk cut off light from the Sun.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "disk"?
"disk" is spelled D-I-S-K. The IPA pronunciation is /dɪsk/.
What does "disk" mean?
As a noun, "disk" means: Una placa delgada, plana y circular o un objeto similar.
How do you pronounce "disk"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "disk" is /dɪsk/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "disk" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "disk", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

dico#68,498crac#68,447fema#68,579gamo#68,600

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list