germinal
[xeɾmiˈnal]
The verdict
“germinal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #60,052 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #60,052
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al germen (en sus diferentes acepciones).
Corpus desk
Index ES-germinal · germinal · Spanish
germinal · rank #60,052 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #60,052
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH ginseng
Nearest frequency peer: ginseng (+2 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 “germinal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- fotolog
fotolog
39,955 corpus weight
- frenéticame…
frenéticamente
39,953 corpus weight
- fungió
fungió
39,952 corpus weight
- germinal
germinal
39,949 corpus weight
- ginseng
ginseng
39,947 corpus weight
- giraban
giraban
39,946 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “germinal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | germinal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [xeɾmiˈnal] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #60,052 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “germinal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
germinal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #60,052 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [xeɾmiˈnal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for germinal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is germinal, spelled G-E-R-M-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al germen (en sus diferentes acepciones).
- 2En el calendario francés de la Revolución empleado entre 1792 y 1806, séptimo mes (entre el 21 de marzo y el 19 de abril).
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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