Echave
[eˈt͡ʃaβ̞e]
The verdict
“Echave” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,812 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,812
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-echave · Echave · Spanish
Echave · rank #89,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH eclécticos
Nearest frequency peer: eclécticos (+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 “Echave”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- dudaré
dudaré
10,198 corpus weight
- earthquake
earthquake
10,192 corpus weight
- ebanista
ebanista
10,191 corpus weight
- Echave
Echave
10,189 corpus weight
- eclécticos
eclécticos
10,188 corpus weight
- emancipado
emancipado
10,180 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Echave” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Echave |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [eˈt͡ʃaβ̞e] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #89,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Echave” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Echave is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,812 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [eˈt͡ʃaβ̞e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Echave in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is Echave, spelled E-C-H-A-V-E.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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