oboe
[oˈβ̞oe]
The verdict
“oboe” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,780 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,780
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-oboe · oboe · Spanish
oboe · rank #61,780 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,780
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH obligamos
Nearest frequency peer: obligamos (-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 “oboe”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- norm
norm
38,225 corpus weight
- obligamos
obligamos
38,222 corpus weight
- oboe
oboe
38,221 corpus weight
- obscenidades
obscenidades
38,220 corpus weight
- obtengamos
obtengamos
38,219 corpus weight
- oculten
oculten
38,218 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “oboe” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | oboe |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞oe] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #61,780 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “oboe” en español
Rare enough to double-check
oboe is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,780 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈβ̞oe]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for oboe, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is oboe, spelled O-B-O-E.
Definition
- 1Instrumento de viento de la familia de viento madera, de taladro cónico, de 50 a 60 cm de largo, que produce sonido cuando vibra su lengüeta doble al soplarla.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how oboe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Irrisoria lo que te parece historia no lo es Amistades del presente se evaporan entre oboes Encima de las tablas men, eso es lo que cuenta Tus palabras vuelan si mi viento aumenta
This word in other languages
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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