extrañando
[ekst̪ɾaˈɲãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“extrañando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #57,047 among 101,141 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,047
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Gerundio de extrañar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extrañando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ekst̪ɾaˈɲãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #57,047 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extrañando” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
extrañando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #57,047 among 101,141 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ekst̪ɾaˈɲãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerundio de extrañar.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for extrañando, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is extrañando, spelled E-X-T-R-A-Ñ-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Gerundio de extrañar.
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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Using “extrañando”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-T-R-A-Ñ-A-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ekst̪ɾaˈɲãn̪d̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.