estilete
[est̪iˈlet̪e]
The verdict
“estilete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,351 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,351
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Punzón que se usaba para escribir en las tablillas de cera, y más antiguamente, en las de arcilla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estilete · estilete · Spanish
estilete · rank #65,351 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,351
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH estilísticas
Nearest frequency peer: estilísticas (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “estilete”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- estacada
estacada
34,654 corpus weight
- estacionali…
estacionalidad
34,653 corpus weight
- estacionó
estacionó
34,652 corpus weight
- estilete
estilete
34,650 corpus weight
- estilísticas
estilísticas
34,649 corpus weight
- estilísticos
estilísticos
34,648 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “estilete” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estilete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [est̪iˈlet̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,351 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “estilete” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
estilete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,351 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [est̪iˈlet̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for estilete in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is estilete, spelled E-S-T-I-L-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Punzón que se usaba para escribir en las tablillas de cera, y más antiguamente, en las de arcilla.
- 2Puñal de hoja muy estrecha y aguda.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.