ordinary
/ˈɔː.dɪ.nə.ɹi/
The verdict
“ordinary” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,296 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,296
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ordinario, normal, corriente.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ordinary · ordinary · Spanish
ordinary · rank #71,296 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,296
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH oprima
Nearest frequency peer: oprima (-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 “ordinary”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- olo
olo
28,710 corpus weight
- omnipresenc…
omnipresencia
28,709 corpus weight
- oprima
oprima
28,706 corpus weight
- ordinary
ordinary
28,705 corpus weight
- ovales
ovales
28,704 corpus weight
- oís
oís
28,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ordinary” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ordinary |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɔː.dɪ.nə.ɹi/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,296 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ordinary” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ordinary is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,296 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈɔː.dɪ.nə.ɹi/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ordinario, normal, corriente.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ordinary in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ordinary, spelled O-R-D-I-N-A-R-Y.
Definition
- 1Ordinario, normal, corriente.
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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