gángster
[ˈgãŋst̪eɾ]
The verdict
“gángster” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #82,053 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,053
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Miembro de una pandilla dedicada al crimen organizado
Corpus desk
Index ES-gangster · gángster · Spanish
gángster · rank #82,053 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,053
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH guisados
Nearest frequency peer: guisados (-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 “gángster”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- grumete
grumete
17,954 corpus weight
- guisados
guisados
17,949 corpus weight
- gángster
gángster
17,948 corpus weight
- habladores
habladores
17,946 corpus weight
- hallelujah
hallelujah
17,944 corpus weight
- Hamm
Hamm
17,943 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “gángster” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gángster |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈgãŋst̪eɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #82,053 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “gángster” en español
Rare enough to double-check
gángster is uncommon Spanish at frequency #82,053 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈgãŋst̪eɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Miembro de una pandilla dedicada al crimen organizado".
gángster doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is gángster, spelled G-Á-N-G-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Miembro de una pandilla dedicada al crimen organizado
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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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