estera
[esˈt̪eɾa]
The verdict
“estera” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,065 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,065
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alfombra de tejido vegetal grueso y tosco.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estera · estera · Spanish
estera · rank #80,065 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,065
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estacionan
Nearest frequency peer: estacionan (-2 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 “estera”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- esperarían
esperarían
19,942 corpus weight
- esperase
esperase
19,941 corpus weight
- esquiando
esquiando
19,940 corpus weight
- estacionan
estacionan
19,938 corpus weight
- estera
estera
19,936 corpus weight
- Etcheverry
Etcheverry
19,930 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estera” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estera |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈt̪eɾa] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,065 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estera” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estera is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,065 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈt̪eɾa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alfombra de tejido vegetal grueso y tosco.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estera, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is estera, spelled E-S-T-E-R-A.
Definition
- 1Alfombra de tejido vegetal grueso y tosco.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how estera appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero para construir la azada de cobre, el herrero le había pedido como paga cinco medidas de cebada, cinco haces de caña y dos esteras trenzadas.
La casa no tenía ventanas, y la luz, tenue, se filtraba por las aberturas del techo. El mobiliario era prácticamente inexistente: solo algunas esteras colocadas aquí y allá para sentarse y dormir.
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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