espinosas

[espiˈnosas]

/[espiˈnosas]/ adj

The verdict

“espinosas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,346 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,346
frequency rank, Spanish
5,243
“E” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del femenino plural de espinoso.

Corpus desk

Index ES-espinosas · espinosas · Spanish

espinosas · rank #65,346 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,346
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,243
  • PHOTO-FINISH especulativas

Nearest frequency peer: especulativas (-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 “espinosas”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “espinosas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for espinosas
PropertyValue
Headwordespinosas
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[espiˈnosas]
Letters9
Frequency rank#65,346
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “espinosas” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).espinosascae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “especulativas” (#65,345), “estacada” (#65,347), “espectacularidad” (#65,344). Entre 5,243 lemas con “E”, “espinosas” va en #65,346. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

espinosas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,346 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [espiˈnosas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del femenino plural de espinoso.".

espinosas doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is espinosas, spelled E-S-P-I-N-O-S-A-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del femenino plural de espinoso.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "espinosas"?
"espinosas" is spelled E-S-P-I-N-O-S-A-S. The IPA pronunciation is [espiˈnosas].
What does "espinosas" mean?
As an adjective, "espinosas" means: Forma del femenino plural de espinoso.
How do you pronounce "espinosas"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "espinosas" is [espiˈnosas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "espinosas" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "espinosas", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list