ombudsman
[õmˈbuð̞smãn]
The verdict
“ombudsman” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,018 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,018
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Funcionario del estado encargado de representar los intereses de los ciudadanos ante abusos que puedan cometer la administración pública o el legislativo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ombudsman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [õmˈbuð̞smãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,018 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ombudsman” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ombudsman is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,018 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [õmˈbuð̞smãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Funcionario del estado encargado de representar los intereses de los ciudadanos ante abusos que puedan cometer la administración pública o el legislativo".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ombudsman, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 ombudsman, spelled O-M-B-U-D-S-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Funcionario del estado encargado de representar los intereses de los ciudadanos ante abusos que puedan cometer la administración pública o el legislativo
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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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Using “ombudsman”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-M-B-U-D-S-M-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [õmˈbuð̞smãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.