Odesa
[oˈð̞esa]
The verdict
“Odesa” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,481 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,481
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - es una ciudad de Ucrania, puerto en el Mar Negro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-odesa · Odesa · Spanish
Odesa · rank #59,481 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,481
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH norcoreana
Nearest frequency peer: norcoreana (-4 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 “Odesa”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- nepalí
nepalí
40,528 corpus weight
- nix
nix
40,527 corpus weight
- nombramos
nombramos
40,526 corpus weight
- norcoreana
norcoreana
40,524 corpus weight
- Odesa
Odesa
40,520 corpus weight
- olvidos
olvidos
40,515 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Odesa” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Odesa |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [oˈð̞esa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,481 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Odesa” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Odesa is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,481 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [oˈð̞esa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "es una ciudad de Ucrania, puerto en el Mar Negro.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Odesa, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is Odesa, spelled O-D-E-S-A.
Definition
- 1es una ciudad de Ucrania, puerto en el Mar Negro.
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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