espantos
[esˈpãn̪t̪os]
The verdict
“espantos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,418 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,418
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de espanto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-espantos · espantos · Spanish
espantos · rank #75,418 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,418
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espaciosos
Nearest frequency peer: espaciosos (-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 “espantos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- eriza
eriza
24,587 corpus weight
- escalonadas
escalonadas
24,586 corpus weight
- espaciosos
espaciosos
24,584 corpus weight
- espantos
espantos
24,583 corpus weight
- esquela
esquela
24,580 corpus weight
- estanciero
estanciero
24,578 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espantos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espantos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈpãn̪t̪os] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,418 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espantos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espantos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,418 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈpãn̪t̪os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de espanto.".
Zero misspellings are on record for espantos in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is espantos, spelled E-S-P-A-N-T-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de espanto.
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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