gallinazo
[gaʝiˈnaso]
The verdict
“gallinazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,066 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,066
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Unica ave del género Coragyps, propia de América y de apariencia similar al buitre negro euroasiátio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-gallinazo · gallinazo · Spanish
gallinazo · rank #93,066 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,066
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH Gades
Nearest frequency peer: Gades (-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 “gallinazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fungicida
fungicida
6,940 corpus weight
- fustiga
fustiga
6,939 corpus weight
- Gades
Gades
6,936 corpus weight
- gallinazo
gallinazo
6,935 corpus weight
- galopa
galopa
6,934 corpus weight
- gaudium
gaudium
6,930 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gallinazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gallinazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gaʝiˈnaso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #93,066 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gallinazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gallinazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,066 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gaʝiˈnaso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for gallinazo in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is gallinazo, spelled G-A-L-L-I-N-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1Unica ave del género Coragyps, propia de América y de apariencia similar al buitre negro euroasiátio.
- 2Especie de helecho fanerógamo, perteneciente a la familia Arecaceae. Es originario de Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, y Perú.
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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