loess
[loˈes]
The verdict
“loess” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suelo pulverulento, rico en sustancias nutritivas, permeable y muy extenso; cubre grandes superficies en China y proviene del acarreo de sedimentos diluviales por la acción del viento. Lo componen ...
Corpus desk
Index ES-loess · loess · Spanish
loess · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | loess |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [loˈes] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “loess” en español
Rare enough to double-check
loess is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [loˈes]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suelo pulverulento, rico en sustancias nutritivas, permeable y muy extenso; cubre grandes superficies en China y proviene del acarreo de sedimentos diluviales por la acción del viento. Lo componen ...".
Zero misspellings are on record for loess in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 loess, spelled L-O-E-S-S.
Definition
- 1Suelo pulverulento, rico en sustancias nutritivas, permeable y muy extenso; cubre grandes superficies en China y proviene del acarreo de sedimentos diluviales por la acción del viento. Lo componen polvo de cuarzo y partículas de arcilla, mica, cal y limonita.
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.