epidural
[epið̞uˈɾal]
The verdict
“epidural” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,294 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,294
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ubicado inmediatamente encima de la duramadre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-epidural · epidural · Spanish
epidural · rank #62,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,294
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH envolvía
Nearest frequency peer: envolvía (-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 “epidural”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- enredaderas
enredaderas
37,710 corpus weight
- entresijos
entresijos
37,709 corpus weight
- envolvía
envolvía
37,708 corpus weight
- epidural
epidural
37,707 corpus weight
- equinos
equinos
37,706 corpus weight
- erudita
erudita
37,705 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “epidural” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | epidural |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [epið̞uˈɾal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “epidural” en español
Rare enough to double-check
epidural is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,294 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [epið̞uˈɾal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ubicado inmediatamente encima de la duramadre.".
epidural doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is epidural, spelled E-P-I-D-U-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1Ubicado inmediatamente encima de la duramadre.
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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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