nazarena
[nasaˈɾena]
The verdict
“nazarena” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,019 among 7,828 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,019
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,828
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Espuelas con grandes rodajas de fierro, de púas agudas, cuya forma semeja la corona de espinas del Nazareno, de donde le viene el nombre. Servían para la doma del potro porque clavándolas en los ij...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | nazarena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [nasaˈɾena] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “nazarena” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
nazarena is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,019 among 7,828 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [nasaˈɾena]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Espuelas con grandes rodajas de fierro, de púas agudas, cuya forma semeja la corona de espinas del Nazareno, de donde le viene el nombre. Servían para la doma del potro porque clavándolas en los ij...".
Zero misspellings are on record for nazarena in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is nazarena, spelled N-A-Z-A-R-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Espuelas con grandes rodajas de fierro, de púas agudas, cuya forma semeja la corona de espinas del Nazareno, de donde le viene el nombre. Servían para la doma del potro porque clavándolas en los ijares el jinete se sostenía fácilmente. Hoy ya han desaparecido casi completamente.
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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- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-A-Z-A-R-E-N-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [nasaˈɾena] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.