Obando
[oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“Obando” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,083 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,083
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obando · Obando · Spanish
Obando · rank #53,083 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,083
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH numismática
Nearest frequency peer: numismática (-3 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 “Obando”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- novata
novata
46,923 corpus weight
- nuboso
nuboso
46,922 corpus weight
- numismática
numismática
46,921 corpus weight
- Obando
Obando
46,918 corpus weight
- oceánico
oceánico
46,915 corpus weight
- ofendan
ofendan
46,914 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Obando” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Obando |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,083 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Obando” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Obando is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,083 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [oˈβ̞ãn̪d̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Obando has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Obando, spelled O-B-A-N-D-O.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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