folletín
[foʝeˈt̪ĩn]
The verdict
“folletín” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,240 among 2,333 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,240
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,333
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Escrito que se inserta en la parte inferior de las planas de los periódicos, y en el cual se trata de materias extrañas al objeto principal de la publicación; como artículos de crítica, novelas, etc.
Corpus desk
Index ES-folletin · folletín · Spanish
folletín · rank #78,240 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,240
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,333
- PHOTO-FINISH flipante
Nearest frequency peer: flipante (-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 “folletín”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fill
fill
21,766 corpus weight
- fishing
fishing
21,763 corpus weight
- flipante
flipante
21,762 corpus weight
- folletín
folletín
21,761 corpus weight
- franquiciad…
franquiciados
21,758 corpus weight
- frecuentadas
frecuentadas
21,757 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “folletín” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | folletín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [foʝeˈt̪ĩn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #78,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “folletín” en español
Rare enough to double-check
folletín is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,240 among 2,333 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [foʝeˈt̪ĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for folletín, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is folletín, spelled F-O-L-L-E-T-Í-N.
Definition
- 1Escrito que se inserta en la parte inferior de las planas de los periódicos, y en el cual se trata de materias extrañas al objeto principal de la publicación; como artículos de crítica, novelas, etc.
- 2Relato típico que se usa en las novelas por entrega, provocador e inverosímil.
- 3Fragmento cinematográfico cuyo estilo se parece al del folletín literario.
- 4Situación escandalosa tragicómica.
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).