limpiatubos

[lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os]

/[lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os]/ noun

The verdict

“limpiatubos” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Spanish
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Callistemon) Cualquiera de las plantas del género Callistemon. Son árboles o arbustos; con crecimiento joven peloso o tomentoso, los pelos simples. Ramitas teretes. Hojas alternas o dispuestas en ...

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Index ES-limpiatubos · limpiatubos · Spanish

limpiatubos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 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.

Key facts for limpiatubos
PropertyValue
Headwordlimpiatubos
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os]
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “limpiatubos” en español

limpiatubosqueda fuera de las 100.000 palabras españolas más frecuentes, en la cola larga de vocabulario técnico, arcaico o raro, justo donde más se duda de la ortografía.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

limpiatubos is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Callistemon) Cualquiera de las plantas del género Callistemon. Son árboles o arbustos; con crecimiento joven peloso o tomentoso, los pelos simples. Ramitas teretes. Hojas alternas o dispuestas en ...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for limpiatubos, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 limpiatubos, spelled L-I-M-P-I-A-T-U-B-O-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Callistemon) Cualquiera de las plantas del género Callistemon. Son árboles o arbustos; con crecimiento joven peloso o tomentoso, los pelos simples. Ramitas teretes. Hojas alternas o dispuestas en espiral, aciculares, lineares, lanceoladas u oblanceoladas, la nervadura pinnada. Inflorescencias terminales, espiciformes, el ápice persistentemente vegetativo. Flores sésiles; hipanto cilíndrico a urceolado, alargándose para formar un tubo corto por encima del ovario; lobos de cáliz 5, caducos; pétalos 5, con o sin una uña corta, amplia; estambres numerosos, en 2 o más verticilos unidos al margen del hipanto, los filamentos libres o fusionados en la base; ovario 3-4 locular; estilo 1. Frutos en cápsulas loculicidas leñosas; semillas numerosas.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "limpiatubos"?
"limpiatubos" is spelled L-I-M-P-I-A-T-U-B-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os].
What does "limpiatubos" mean?
As a noun, "limpiatubos" means: (Callistemon) Cualquiera de las plantas del género Callistemon. Son árboles o arbustos; con crecimiento joven peloso o tomentoso, los pelos simples. Ramitas teretes. Hojas alternas o dispuestas en ...
How do you pronounce "limpiatubos"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "limpiatubos" is [lĩmpjaˈt̪uβ̞os]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "limpiatubos" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list