elefante blanco
[eleˈfãn̪t̪e ˈβ̞lãŋko]
The verdict
“elefante blanco” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dice de aquello en donde el costo por mantenimiento supera ampliamente a los beneficios que se obtienen de su uso. Aplícase principalmente a construcciones.
Corpus desk
Index ES-elefante-blanco · elefante blanco · Spanish
elefante blanco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | elefante blanco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [eleˈfãn̪t̪e ˈβ̞lãŋko] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “elefante blanco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
elefante blanco is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [eleˈfãn̪t̪e ˈβ̞lãŋko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice de aquello en donde el costo por mantenimiento supera ampliamente a los beneficios que se obtienen de su uso. Aplícase principalmente a construcciones.".
Zero misspellings are on record for elefante blanco in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 elefante blanco, spelled E-L-E-F-A-N-T-E- -B-L-A-N-C-O.
Definition
- 1Se dice de aquello en donde el costo por mantenimiento supera ampliamente a los beneficios que se obtienen de su uso. Aplícase principalmente a construcciones.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.