guardapolvo
[gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]
The verdict
“guardapolvo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,981 among 1,728 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,981
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,728
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nombre de todo aquello con que se cubre un objeto para resguardarlo del polvo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-guardapolvo · guardapolvo · Spanish
guardapolvo · rank #66,981 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,981
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,728
- PHOTO-FINISH génica
Nearest frequency peer: génica (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “guardapolvo”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- granola
granola
33,023 corpus weight
- gravísimos
gravísimos
33,022 corpus weight
- guardapolvo
guardapolvo
33,020 corpus weight
- génica
génica
33,019 corpus weight
- güera
güera
33,018 corpus weight
- Hadad
Hadad
33,016 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “guardapolvo” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | guardapolvo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #66,981 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “guardapolvo” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
guardapolvo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,981 among 1,728 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [gwaɾð̞aˈpolβ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for guardapolvo 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is guardapolvo, spelled G-U-A-R-D-A-P-O-L-V-O.
Definition
- 1Nombre de todo aquello con que se cubre un objeto para resguardarlo del polvo.
- 2Pieza de cuero que en el botín de montar cae sobre el empeine.
- 3Cada uno de los hierros que en los coches van desde el balancín grande hasta el eje.
- 4Tapa interior que resguarda del polvo la máquina de un reloj de bolsillo.
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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