Greek
[en]
The verdict
“Greek” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,624 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,624
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Griego; perteneciente o relativo a Grecia, sus habitantes, o al idioma griego.
Corpus desk
Index ES-greek · Greek · Spanish
Greek · rank #55,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,624
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH graciano
Nearest frequency peer: graciano (-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 “Greek”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Gerhard
Gerhard
44,382 corpus weight
- glorificado
glorificado
44,379 corpus weight
- graciano
graciano
44,378 corpus weight
- Greek
Greek
44,377 corpus weight
- guarro
guarro
44,374 corpus weight
- guerrilleras
guerrilleras
44,373 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Greek” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Greek |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [en] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Greek” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Greek is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,624 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [en]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Griego; perteneciente o relativo a Grecia, sus habitantes, o al idioma griego.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Greek, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Greek, spelled G-R-E-E-K.
Definition
- 1Griego; perteneciente o relativo a Grecia, sus habitantes, o al idioma griego.
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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