ignominia
[iɣ̞noˈminja]
The verdict
“ignominia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #54,291 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,291
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ignominia · ignominia · Spanish
ignominia · rank #54,291 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,291
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH impossible
Nearest frequency peer: impossible (+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 “ignominia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- huyan
huyan
45,715 corpus weight
- huérfanas
huérfanas
45,714 corpus weight
- ignominia
ignominia
45,710 corpus weight
- impossible
impossible
45,709 corpus weight
- impuro
impuro
45,708 corpus weight
- inapelable
inapelable
45,707 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ignominia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ignominia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iɣ̞noˈminja] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #54,291 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ignominia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ignominia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #54,291 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iɣ̞noˈminja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ignominia, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is ignominia, spelled I-G-N-O-M-I-N-I-A.
Definition
- 1Grave afrenta pública; gran deshonor o humillación.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ignominia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ahora que el escándalo de su publicación quedó atrás y que esta novela, por la que Pasternak fue cubierto de ignominias, ensalzado y hasta premiado con el Nobel, ha sido publicada en la URSS de la perestroika y la glasnost, se puede leer El doctor Zhivago con más serenidad que al aparecer, en el exilio, hace treinta años.
Junto a él, Pierre Lafitte, hermano del pirata de Barataria, integraba el núcleo de delatores encargados de desvelar los secretos de las conspiraciones independentistas mexicanas. Su trabajo, para su ignominia, fue concienzudo y eficaz.
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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