novicio
[noˈβ̞isjo]
The verdict
“novicio” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #77,505 among 1,151 “N” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,505
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,151
- “N” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona que, en la religión donde tomó el hábito, no ha profesado todavía.
Corpus desk
Index ES-novicio · novicio · Spanish
novicio · rank #77,505 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,505
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,151
- PHOTO-FINISH novas
Nearest frequency peer: novas (-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 “novicio”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- nominaron
nominaron
22,499 corpus weight
- Nori
Nori
22,498 corpus weight
- novas
novas
22,497 corpus weight
- novicio
novicio
22,496 corpus weight
- nudismo
nudismo
22,495 corpus weight
- numerología
numerología
22,494 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “novicio” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | novicio |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [noˈβ̞isjo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #77,505 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “novicio” en español
Rare enough to double-check
novicio is uncommon Spanish at frequency #77,505 among 1,151 “N” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [noˈβ̞isjo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
novicio doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is novicio, spelled N-O-V-I-C-I-O.
Definition
- 1Persona que, en la religión donde tomó el hábito, no ha profesado todavía.
- 2Principiante en cualquier arte o facultad.
- 3Persona muy compuesta y arreglada en sus acciones, especialmente en la modestia, por ser esto lo que de ordinario se ve en los novicios de las religiones.
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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