minibar

[miniˈβ̞aɾ]

/[miniˈβ̞aɾ]/ noun

The verdict

“minibar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,447 among 3,868 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,447
frequency rank, Spanish
3,868
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Refrigerador pequeño que puede encontrarse en habitaciones de hotel, albergues transitorios o cruceros. Generalmente el personal del establecimiento lo llena con bebidas y alimentos para que el hué...

Corpus desk

Index ES-minibar · minibar · Spanish

minibar · rank #78,447 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,447
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,868
  • PHOTO-FINISH minucias

Nearest frequency peer: minucias (+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 “minibar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “minibar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for minibar
PropertyValue
Headwordminibar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[miniˈβ̞aɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#78,447
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “minibar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.minibarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “minucias” (#78,448), “misericordias” (#78,451), “michelín” (#78,442). Entre 3,868 lemas con “M”, “minibar” va en #78,447. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

minibar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,447 among 3,868 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [miniˈβ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Refrigerador pequeño que puede encontrarse en habitaciones de hotel, albergues transitorios o cruceros. Generalmente el personal del establecimiento lo llena con bebidas y alimentos para que el hué...".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for minibar, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is minibar, spelled M-I-N-I-B-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Refrigerador pequeño que puede encontrarse en habitaciones de hotel, albergues transitorios o cruceros. Generalmente el personal del establecimiento lo llena con bebidas y alimentos para que el huésped pueda adquirir estos productos durante su estancia sin moverse de su habitación, que luego deberá abonarlos al dejar su albergue.

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "minibar"?
"minibar" is spelled M-I-N-I-B-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [miniˈβ̞aɾ].
What does "minibar" mean?
As a noun, "minibar" means: Refrigerador pequeño que puede encontrarse en habitaciones de hotel, albergues transitorios o cruceros. Generalmente el personal del establecimiento lo llena con bebidas y alimentos para que el hué...
How do you pronounce "minibar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minibar" is [miniˈβ̞aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minibar" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "minibar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list