ordinal
[oɾð̞iˈnal]
The verdict
“ordinal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #67,171 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,171
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne al orden o secuencia ordenada.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ordinal · ordinal · Spanish
ordinal · rank #67,171 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,171
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ortopédica
Nearest frequency peer: ortopédica (+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 “ordinal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- omnipotencia
omnipotencia
32,835 corpus weight
- ondear
ondear
32,834 corpus weight
- onubense
onubense
32,832 corpus weight
- ordinal
ordinal
32,830 corpus weight
- ortopédica
ortopédica
32,829 corpus weight
- pacte
pacte
32,827 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ordinal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordinal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oɾð̞iˈnal] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #67,171 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ordinal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ordinal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #67,171 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oɾð̞iˈnal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ordinal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is ordinal, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne al orden o secuencia ordenada.
- 2Que expresa una posición dentro de una serie o secuencia numerable.
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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