ombú
[õmˈbu]
The verdict
“ombú” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,113 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,113
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Phylolacca dioica) Árbol colosal de los campos, de la familia de las fitolacáceas, que todos los poetas han cantado como el guardián de las ruinas y de las soledades de la pampa, originario del no...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ombu · ombú · Spanish
ombú · rank #85,113 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,113
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ojeando
Nearest frequency peer: ojeando (-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 “ombú”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- ocasionaba
ocasionaba
14,892 corpus weight
- octopus
octopus
14,891 corpus weight
- oficializar
oficializar
14,890 corpus weight
- ojeando
ojeando
14,889 corpus weight
- ombú
ombú
14,888 corpus weight
- omitieron
omitieron
14,887 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ombú” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ombú |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [õmˈbu] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #85,113 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ombú” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ombú is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,113 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [õmˈbu]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Phylolacca dioica) Árbol colosal de los campos, de la familia de las fitolacáceas, que todos los poetas han cantado como el guardián de las ruinas y de las soledades de la pampa, originario del no...".
No misspelling variants are generated for ombú in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is ombú, spelled O-M-B-Ú.
Definition
- 1(Phylolacca dioica) Árbol colosal de los campos, de la familia de las fitolacáceas, que todos los poetas han cantado como el guardián de las ruinas y de las soledades de la pampa, originario del nordeste de Argentina (Esteros del Iberá), de corteza gruesa y blanda y copa muy densa.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ombú appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Que las raíces vayan hondo para que el tronco sea más vigoroso y más verde el follaje; así crece la encina que vive siglos, así crece el ombú que los pobladores de Buenos Aires trajeron de las lagunas del Iberá.
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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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