lentisco
[lẽn̪ˈt̪isko]
The verdict
“lentisco” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Pistacia lentiscus) Mata o arbusto siempre verde de la familia Anacardiaceae, abundante en España. Tiene tallos leñosos de 2 a 3 metros, hojas ovaladas de punta roma, lustrosas en la haz; flores p...
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Index ES-lentisco · lentisco · Spanish
lentisco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "L" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lentisco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lẽn̪ˈt̪isko] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “lentisco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
lentisco is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lẽn̪ˈt̪isko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pistacia lentiscus) Mata o arbusto siempre verde de la familia Anacardiaceae, abundante en España. Tiene tallos leñosos de 2 a 3 metros, hojas ovaladas de punta roma, lustrosas en la haz; flores p...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for lentisco, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is lentisco, spelled L-E-N-T-I-S-C-O.
Definition
- 1(Pistacia lentiscus) Mata o arbusto siempre verde de la familia Anacardiaceae, abundante en España. Tiene tallos leñosos de 2 a 3 metros, hojas ovaladas de punta roma, lustrosas en la haz; flores pequeñas amarillentas o rojizas en racimos axilares, y fruto en drupa casi esférica, primero roja y después negruzca. Su madera es rojiza, dura y útil en ebanistería; de las ramas puede sacarse almáciga (resina), y de los frutos aceite para el alumbrado.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.