espadaña
[espaˈð̞aɲa]
The verdict
“espadaña” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,968 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,968
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muro elevado sobre la fachada con vanos para poner campanas. Es habitual en las iglesias de estilo románico rural que carecen de torre.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espadana · espadaña · Spanish
espadaña · rank #80,968 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,968
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH escupa
Nearest frequency peer: escupa (-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 “espadaña”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escuda
escuda
19,035 corpus weight
- escupa
escupa
19,034 corpus weight
- espadaña
espadaña
19,033 corpus weight
- esperéis
esperéis
19,032 corpus weight
- espumosa
espumosa
19,031 corpus weight
- esquizofrén…
esquizofrénica
19,030 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espadaña” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espadaña |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [espaˈð̞aɲa] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,968 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espadaña” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espadaña is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,968 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [espaˈð̞aɲa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for espadaña in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is espadaña, spelled E-S-P-A-D-A-Ñ-A.
Definition
- 1Muro elevado sobre la fachada con vanos para poner campanas. Es habitual en las iglesias de estilo románico rural que carecen de torre.
- 2Nombre común de las plantas del género Typha, herbáceas del Orden Poales, de 1 a 3 m de altura, como la totora (Typha latifolia).
This word in other languages
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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