ebanista
[eβ̞aˈnist̪a]
The verdict
“ebanista” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #89,810 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #89,810
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona cuyo oficio es la creación y tallado de obras en madera fina, como el ébano. A diferencia del carpintero, se especializa en el tallado de molduras y bajorrelieves.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ebanista |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eβ̞aˈnist̪a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #89,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ebanista” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ebanista is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [eβ̞aˈnist̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #89,810 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Persona cuyo oficio es la creación y tallado de obras en madera fina, como el ébano. A diferencia del carpintero, se especializa en el tallado de molduras y bajorrelieves.".
No misspelling variants are generated for ebanista in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ebanista, spelled E-B-A-N-I-S-T-A.
Definition
- 1Persona cuyo oficio es la creación y tallado de obras en madera fina, como el ébano. A diferencia del carpintero, se especializa en el tallado de molduras y bajorrelieves.
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 “ebanista”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-B-A-N-I-S-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eβ̞aˈnist̪a] (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.