duster
[ˈdʌst.ə(r)]
The verdict
“duster” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,782 among 4,885 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,782
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,885
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Algo o alguien que quita el polvo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-duster · duster · Spanish
duster · rank #88,782 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,782
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,885
- PHOTO-FINISH duramos
Nearest frequency peer: duramos (-2 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 “duster”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- drusos
drusos
11,223 corpus weight
- duramos
duramos
11,221 corpus weight
- duster
duster
11,219 corpus weight
- dólmenes
dólmenes
11,217 corpus weight
- ecology
ecology
11,216 corpus weight
- editas
editas
11,213 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “duster” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | duster |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈdʌst.ə(r)] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #88,782 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “duster” en español
Rare enough to double-check
duster is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,782 among 4,885 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈdʌst.ə(r)]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for duster, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is duster, spelled D-U-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Algo o alguien que quita el polvo.
- 2Pulverizador (de líquidos), atomizador.
- 3Sobretodo, tipo de abrigo largo, ligero y amplio.
- 4Máquina para separar la harina del afrecho o salvado.
- 5Pozo de petróleo o de gas natural que ya no produce.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how duster appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Anyone who has watched the dusters and sprayers of arsenical insecticides at work must have been impressed by the almost supreme carelessness with which the poisonous substances are dispensed
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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