jail
/dʒeɪl/
The verdict
“jail” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #93,191 among 645 “J” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,191
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 645
- “J” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cárcel.
Corpus desk
Index ES-jail · jail · Spanish
jail · rank #93,191 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,191
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 645
- PHOTO-FINISH jagua
Nearest frequency peer: jagua (-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 “jail”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- jactancia
jactancia
6,813 corpus weight
- jagua
jagua
6,811 corpus weight
- jail
jail
6,810 corpus weight
- Jil
Jil
6,806 corpus weight
- jugase
jugase
6,804 corpus weight
- jugones
jugones
6,803 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “jail” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | jail |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /dʒeɪl/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,191 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “jail” en español
Rare enough to double-check
jail is uncommon Spanish at frequency #93,191 among 645 “J” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /dʒeɪl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cárcel.".
Zero misspellings are on record for jail in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is jail, spelled J-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1Cárcel.
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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