estornudar
[est̪oɾnuˈð̞aɾ]
The verdict
“estornudar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,900 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,900
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Expulsar con violencia el aire de los pulmones, por la espiración involuntaria y repentina provocada por un estímulo que actúa sobre la membrana pituitaria. Su efecto es el estornudo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-estornudar · estornudar · Spanish
estornudar · rank #50,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,900
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH esternón
Nearest frequency peer: esternón (-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 “estornudar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- eslora
eslora
49,105 corpus weight
- esternón
esternón
49,102 corpus weight
- estornudar
estornudar
49,101 corpus weight
- estrechando
estrechando
49,100 corpus weight
- estropea
estropea
49,099 corpus weight
- estupro
estupro
49,098 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “estornudar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | estornudar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [est̪oɾnuˈð̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “estornudar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
estornudar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,900 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [est̪oɾnuˈð̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Expulsar con violencia el aire de los pulmones, por la espiración involuntaria y repentina provocada por un estímulo que actúa sobre la membrana pituitaria. Su efecto es el estornudo.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for estornudar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 estornudar, spelled E-S-T-O-R-N-U-D-A-R.
Definition
- 1Expulsar con violencia el aire de los pulmones, por la espiración involuntaria y repentina provocada por un estímulo que actúa sobre la membrana pituitaria. Su efecto es el estornudo.
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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