harakiri
[aɾaˈkiɾi]
The verdict
“harakiri” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,801 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,801
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma d...
Corpus desk
Index ES-harakiri · harakiri · Spanish
harakiri · rank #67,801 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,801
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH halagador
Nearest frequency peer: halagador (-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 “harakiri”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- guisante
guisante
32,204 corpus weight
- gusanito
gusanito
32,203 corpus weight
- hackean
hackean
32,202 corpus weight
- halagador
halagador
32,201 corpus weight
- harakiri
harakiri
32,200 corpus weight
- haste
haste
32,199 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “harakiri” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | harakiri |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [aɾaˈkiɾi] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,801 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “harakiri” en español
Rare enough to double-check
harakiri is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,801 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾaˈkiɾi]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma d...".
harakiri doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is harakiri, spelled H-A-R-A-K-I-R-I.
Definition
- 1Entre los samuráis, antigua forma de suicidio por desentrañamiento que formaba parte de su código ético y se realizaba para evitar caer en manos del enemigo y ser torturado, o bien como una forma de pena capital para aquellos que habían cometido serias ofensas o habían sido deshonrados.
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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