espárrago
[esˈparaɣ̞o]
The verdict
“espárrago” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,555 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,555
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Asparagus officinalis grupo ‘Asparagaceae’) Planta lilácea, con tallos blancos y rectos, ramoso, de hojas acirculares y en hacecillos sus cabezuelas son de color verde morado y comestibles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-esparrago · espárrago · Spanish
espárrago · rank #68,555 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,555
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH espinazo
Nearest frequency peer: espinazo (-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 “espárrago”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- esmoquin
esmoquin
31,450 corpus weight
- especificid…
especificidades
31,449 corpus weight
- espesas
espesas
31,448 corpus weight
- espinazo
espinazo
31,447 corpus weight
- espárrago
espárrago
31,446 corpus weight
- estampadas
estampadas
31,444 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espárrago” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espárrago |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈparaɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,555 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espárrago” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espárrago is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,555 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈparaɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for espárrago in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espárrago, spelled E-S-P-Á-R-R-A-G-O.
Definition
- 1(Asparagus officinalis grupo ‘Asparagaceae’) Planta lilácea, con tallos blancos y rectos, ramoso, de hojas acirculares y en hacecillos sus cabezuelas son de color verde morado y comestibles.
- 2Dícese del turión o yema comestible que produce la esparraguera.
- 3Palo largo y recto que se usa para asegurar entoldados.
- 4Madero atravesado por estacas pequeñas a distancias iguales, para que sirva de escalera.
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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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