filatelia
[filaˈt̪elja]
The verdict
“filatelia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,474 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,474
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Coleccionismo de estampillas o timbres (sellos) oficiales para correos, fiscales, etc. Incluye el coleccionismo de sobres circulados, prefilatelia, enteros postales, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-filatelia · filatelia · Spanish
filatelia · rank #75,474 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,474
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH figo
Nearest frequency peer: figo (-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 “filatelia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ferina
ferina
24,531 corpus weight
- fertilizar
fertilizar
24,530 corpus weight
- figo
figo
24,528 corpus weight
- filatelia
filatelia
24,527 corpus weight
- fingí
fingí
24,526 corpus weight
- flanqueada
flanqueada
24,522 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “filatelia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filatelia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [filaˈt̪elja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,474 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “filatelia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
filatelia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,474 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [filaˈt̪elja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Coleccionismo de estampillas o timbres (sellos) oficiales para correos, fiscales, etc. Incluye el coleccionismo de sobres circulados, prefilatelia, enteros postales, etc.".
filatelia has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is filatelia, spelled F-I-L-A-T-E-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1Coleccionismo de estampillas o timbres (sellos) oficiales para correos, fiscales, etc. Incluye el coleccionismo de sobres circulados, prefilatelia, enteros postales, etc.
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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