herbicida
[eɾβ̞iˈsið̞a]
The verdict
“herbicida” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,946 among 1,569 “H” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,946
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,569
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese de todo aquello que puede matar hierbas, generalmente perjudiciales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-herbicida · herbicida · Spanish
herbicida · rank #54,946 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,946
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,569
- PHOTO-FINISH Hayward
Nearest frequency peer: Hayward (-2 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 “herbicida”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Havre
Havre
45,059 corpus weight
- Hayward
Hayward
45,057 corpus weight
- herbicida
herbicida
45,055 corpus weight
- hinchan
hinchan
45,053 corpus weight
- hipotecar
hipotecar
45,052 corpus weight
- hipotéticos
hipotéticos
45,051 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “herbicida” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | herbicida |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [eɾβ̞iˈsið̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,946 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “herbicida” en español
Rare enough to double-check
herbicida is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,946 among 1,569 “H” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [eɾβ̞iˈsið̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dícese de todo aquello que puede matar hierbas, generalmente perjudiciales.".
herbicida has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 herbicida, spelled H-E-R-B-I-C-I-D-A.
Definition
- 1Dícese de todo aquello que puede matar hierbas, generalmente perjudiciales.
This word in other languages
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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