filigrana
[filiˈɣ̞ɾana]
The verdict
“filigrana” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,755 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,755
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Técnica de orfebrería que se basa en soldar hilos y granos de oro o plata con mucha perfección y delicadeza, a veces sobre una lámina, formando una estructura intrincada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-filigrana · filigrana · Spanish
filigrana · rank #67,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,755
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH fili
Nearest frequency peer: fili (-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 “filigrana”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fidedignas
fidedignas
32,249 corpus weight
- fijándose
fijándose
32,248 corpus weight
- fili
fili
32,247 corpus weight
- filigrana
filigrana
32,246 corpus weight
- fleet
fleet
32,245 corpus weight
- flick
flick
32,243 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “filigrana” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | filigrana |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [filiˈɣ̞ɾana] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #67,755 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “filigrana” en español
Rare enough to double-check
filigrana is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,755 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [filiˈɣ̞ɾana]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for filigrana in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is filigrana, spelled F-I-L-I-G-R-A-N-A.
Definition
- 1Técnica de orfebrería que se basa en soldar hilos y granos de oro o plata con mucha perfección y delicadeza, a veces sobre una lámina, formando una estructura intrincada.
- 2Obra hecha con la técnica de filigrana.
- 3Señal o marca transparente hecha en el papel al tiempo de fabricarlo.
- 4Cosa delicada y pulida..
- 5(género Lantana) Arbusto silvestre, con hojas ásperas, aromáticas, aovadas, de bordes ondulados, flores pequeñas y fruto apiñado.
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.
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