Hamster
[ˈhamstɐ]
The verdict
“Hamster” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,939 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,939
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Hámster.
Corpus desk
Index ES-hamster · Hamster · Spanish
Hamster · rank #54,939 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,939
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH hambrientas
Nearest frequency peer: hambrientas (-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 “Hamster”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- góticos
góticos
45,067 corpus weight
- hambrientas
hambrientas
45,063 corpus weight
- Hamster
Hamster
45,062 corpus weight
- happening
happening
45,061 corpus weight
- Havre
Havre
45,059 corpus weight
- Hayward
Hayward
45,057 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Hamster” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamster |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈhamstɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #54,939 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Hamster” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Hamster is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,939 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈhamstɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Hámster.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Hamster, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is Hamster, spelled H-A-M-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Hámster.
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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