exiguo
[ekˈsiɣ̞wo]
The verdict
“exiguo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,441 among 5,243 “E” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,441
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Muy escaso en cantidad o dimensión.
Corpus desk
Index ES-exiguo · exiguo · Spanish
exiguo · rank #75,441 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,441
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH exfoliación
Nearest frequency peer: exfoliación (-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 “exiguo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- excite
excite
24,563 corpus weight
- excombatien…
excombatientes
24,562 corpus weight
- exfoliación
exfoliación
24,561 corpus weight
- exiguo
exiguo
24,560 corpus weight
- exist
exist
24,559 corpus weight
- exoesqueleto
exoesqueleto
24,558 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “exiguo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | exiguo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ekˈsiɣ̞wo] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #75,441 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “exiguo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
exiguo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,441 among 5,243 “E” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ekˈsiɣ̞wo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Muy escaso en cantidad o dimensión.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for exiguo, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is exiguo, spelled E-X-I-G-U-O.
Definition
- 1Muy escaso en cantidad o dimensión.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how exiguo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
como mi primera cosecha fue exigua, apenas tuve dificultades para segarla.
finalmente vi que no podía levantar [el bote] con mis exiguas fuerzas.
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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