espinilla
[espiˈniʝa]
The verdict
“espinilla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,043 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,043
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zona del frente de la pierna entre la rodilla y el tobillo, en la que se aprecia la tibia. Se opone a la pantorrilla (parte de atrás).
Corpus desk
Index ES-espinilla · espinilla · Spanish
espinilla · rank #71,043 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,043
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esquemática
Nearest frequency peer: esquemática (+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 “espinilla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- escuderos
escuderos
28,963 corpus weight
- escupido
escupido
28,961 corpus weight
- espinilla
espinilla
28,958 corpus weight
- esquemática
esquemática
28,957 corpus weight
- establecier…
establecieran
28,956 corpus weight
- estadal
estadal
28,955 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espinilla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | espinilla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [espiˈniʝa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #71,043 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “espinilla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
espinilla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,043 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [espiˈniʝa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for espinilla in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is espinilla, spelled E-S-P-I-N-I-L-L-A.
Definition
- 1Zona del frente de la pierna entre la rodilla y el tobillo, en la que se aprecia la tibia. Se opone a la pantorrilla (parte de atrás).
- 2Pequeño grano, punto o barro que aparece en la piel por acumulación de grasa.
- 3Diminutivo de espina.
Synonyms
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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