kraken
[ˈkɾakẽn]
The verdict
“kraken” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,362 among 248 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 248
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enorme y colosal criatura marina de la mitología nórdica descrita comúnmente como un tipo de pulpo, calamar gigante o medusa que, emergiendo de las profundidades, ataca barcos y devora a los marine...
Corpus desk
Index ES-kraken · kraken · Spanish
kraken · rank #52,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,362
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 248
- PHOTO-FINISH koko
Nearest frequency peer: koko (-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 “kraken”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- jardinera
jardinera
47,648 corpus weight
- koko
koko
47,640 corpus weight
- kraken
kraken
47,639 corpus weight
- langostinos
langostinos
47,636 corpus weight
- layout
layout
47,633 corpus weight
- lepe
lepe
47,631 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “kraken” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | kraken |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈkɾakẽn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #52,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “kraken” en español
Rare enough to double-check
kraken is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,362 among 248 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈkɾakẽn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Enorme y colosal criatura marina de la mitología nórdica descrita comúnmente como un tipo de pulpo, calamar gigante o medusa que, emergiendo de las profundidades, ataca barcos y devora a los marine...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for kraken, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is kraken, spelled K-R-A-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Enorme y colosal criatura marina de la mitología nórdica descrita comúnmente como un tipo de pulpo, calamar gigante o medusa que, emergiendo de las profundidades, ataca barcos y devora a los marineros.
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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