estambre
[esˈt̪ãmbɾe]
The verdict
“estambre” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,973 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,973
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Parte del vellón de lana que se compone de hebras largas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estambre · estambre · Spanish
estambre · rank #80,973 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,973
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estacionarios
Nearest frequency peer: estacionarios (-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 “estambre”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- espumosa
espumosa
19,031 corpus weight
- esquizofrén…
esquizofrénica
19,030 corpus weight
- estacionari…
estacionarios
19,029 corpus weight
- estambre
estambre
19,028 corpus weight
- estancieros
estancieros
19,027 corpus weight
- estilizados
estilizados
19,025 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estambre” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estambre |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈt̪ãmbɾe] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #80,973 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estambre” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estambre is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,973 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈt̪ãmbɾe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for estambre in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 estambre, spelled E-S-T-A-M-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1Parte del vellón de lana que se compone de hebras largas.
- 2Hilado muy fino, de gran calidad, con una fibra larga.
- 3Hilado cuyas fibras han sido cardadas antes de ser hiladas.
- 4Órgano polinífero, rara vez laminar como un pétalo, casi siempre compuesto por un filamento y en su extremo superior por una antera donde se forma el polen.
This word in other languages
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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