orangután
[oɾãŋguˈt̪ãn]
The verdict
“orangután” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,049 among 10,276 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,049
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 10,276
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pongo spp.) nombre común de las especies del género Pongo, primates que habitan bosques tropicales de Borneo y Sumatra, pertenecientes a la Familia Hominidae, Orden Primates, junto con gorilas, ch...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | orangután |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oɾãŋguˈt̪ãn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #64,049 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “orangután” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
orangután is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,049 among 10,276 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oɾãŋguˈt̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pongo spp.) nombre común de las especies del género Pongo, primates que habitan bosques tropicales de Borneo y Sumatra, pertenecientes a la Familia Hominidae, Orden Primates, junto con gorilas, ch...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for orangután, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 orangután, spelled O-R-A-N-G-U-T-Á-N.
Definition
- 1(Pongo spp.) nombre común de las especies del género Pongo, primates que habitan bosques tropicales de Borneo y Sumatra, pertenecientes a la Familia Hominidae, Orden Primates, junto con gorilas, chimpancés y el hombre, Homo sapiens.
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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Using “orangután”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-R-A-N-G-U-T-Á-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oɾãŋguˈt̪ãn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
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.