grillete
[gɾiˈʝet̪e]
The verdict
“grillete” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,923 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,923
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aro de hierro que sirve para fijar una cadena en el pie de un prisionero.
Corpus desk
Index ES-grillete · grillete · Spanish
grillete · rank #84,923 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,923
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH gravan
Nearest frequency peer: gravan (-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 “grillete”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- gobernamos
gobernamos
15,086 corpus weight
- golpeadores
golpeadores
15,084 corpus weight
- gorge
gorge
15,083 corpus weight
- gravan
gravan
15,079 corpus weight
- grillete
grillete
15,078 corpus weight
- guindilla
guindilla
15,074 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “grillete” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grillete |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gɾiˈʝet̪e] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,923 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “grillete” en español
Rare enough to double-check
grillete is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,923 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gɾiˈʝet̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
grillete has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is grillete, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aro de hierro que sirve para fijar una cadena en el pie de un prisionero.
- 2Cada una de las porciones de cadena que engrilletadas forman la del ancla de un barco.
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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