neandertal
[neãn̪d̪eɾˈt̪al]
The verdict
“neandertal” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #63,263 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #63,263
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Homo neanderthalensis) es una especie extinta perteneciente a la Familia Hominidae del Orden Primates. Habitó en el Centro y Sur de Europa, Próximo y Medio Oriente y en Asia occidental desde hace ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | neandertal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [neãn̪d̪eɾˈt̪al] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #63,263 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “neandertal” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for neandertal is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [neãn̪d̪eɾˈt̪al]. Corpus data places it at rank #63,263 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Homo neanderthalensis) es una especie extinta perteneciente a la Familia Hominidae del Orden Primates. Habitó en el Centro y Sur de Europa, Próximo y Medio Oriente y en Asia occidental desde hace ...".
No generated misspelling entries exist for neandertal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is neandertal, spelled N-E-A-N-D-E-R-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1(Homo neanderthalensis) es una especie extinta perteneciente a la Familia Hominidae del Orden Primates. Habitó en el Centro y Sur de Europa, Próximo y Medio Oriente y en Asia occidental desde hace unos 230 000 años hasta su extinción hace unos 35 000 años. Su nombre común y científico deriva del valle donde se encontraron los primeros restos fósiles.
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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Using “neandertal”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is N-E-A-N-D-E-R-T-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.