espaldarazo
[espal̪d̪aˈɾaso]
The verdict
“espaldarazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,559 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,559
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Golpe simbólico dado con la espada sobre la espalda, durante la ceremonia de armar caballero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espaldarazo · espaldarazo · Spanish
espaldarazo · rank #61,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,559
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esgrime
Nearest frequency peer: esgrime (-2 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 “espaldarazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Escandón
Escandón
38,447 corpus weight
- esculpidas
esculpidas
38,445 corpus weight
- esgrime
esgrime
38,444 corpus weight
- espaldarazo
espaldarazo
38,442 corpus weight
- espumas
espumas
38,440 corpus weight
- estabilizar…
estabilizarse
38,438 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espaldarazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espaldarazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [espal̪d̪aˈɾaso] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #61,559 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espaldarazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espaldarazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,559 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [espal̪d̪aˈɾaso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for espaldarazo in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is espaldarazo, spelled E-S-P-A-L-D-A-R-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Golpe simbólico dado con la espada sobre la espalda, durante la ceremonia de armar caballero.
- 2Batacazo, cimbronazo, revés, sorpresa.
- 3Reconocimiento de las competencias y aptitudes de un individuo dentro de una determinada profesión.
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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