obús
[oˈβ̞us]
The verdict
“obús” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,909 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,909
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Proyectil que dispara una máquina de artillería.
Corpus desk
Index ES-obus · obús · Spanish
obús · rank #73,909 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,909
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH obsequia
Nearest frequency peer: obsequia (-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 “obús”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- obedecido
obedecido
26,095 corpus weight
- oblea
oblea
26,094 corpus weight
- obsequia
obsequia
26,093 corpus weight
- obús
obús
26,092 corpus weight
- octanos
octanos
26,090 corpus weight
- ocuparían
ocuparían
26,089 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “obús” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | obús |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oˈβ̞us] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,909 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “obús” en español
Rare enough to double-check
obús is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,909 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oˈβ̞us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for obús in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is obús, spelled O-B-Ú-S.
Definition
- 1Proyectil que dispara una máquina de artillería.
- 2Pieza de artillería cuya longitud, en relación al diámetro de su ánima, es mayor que la del mortero y menor que la del cañón de iguales calibres. Está montada sobre afuste con ruedas.
- 3Pieza con que se cierra la válvula de un neumático.
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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