ornitorrinco
[oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko]
The verdict
“ornitorrinco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,793 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,793
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mamífero monotrema australiano, de hábitos anfibios, con cuerpo robusto recubierto de denso pelaje, un pico que recuerda al de los patos, patas palmeadas y espolones ponz...
Corpus desk
Index ES-ornitorrinco · ornitorrinco · Spanish
ornitorrinco · rank #74,793 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,793
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ortopédicos
Nearest frequency peer: ortopédicos (+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 “ornitorrinco”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- oleaginosas
oleaginosas
25,214 corpus weight
- ominosa
ominosa
25,213 corpus weight
- ornitorrinco
ornitorrinco
25,208 corpus weight
- ortopédicos
ortopédicos
25,207 corpus weight
- otorgamos
otorgamos
25,204 corpus weight
- outdoor
outdoor
25,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ornitorrinco” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ornitorrinco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #74,793 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ornitorrinco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ornitorrinco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,793 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mamífero monotrema australiano, de hábitos anfibios, con cuerpo robusto recubierto de denso pelaje, un pico que recuerda al de los patos, patas palmeadas y espolones ponz...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ornitorrinco, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ornitorrinco, spelled O-R-N-I-T-O-R-R-I-N-C-O.
Definition
- 1(Ornithorhynchus anatinus) Mamífero monotrema australiano, de hábitos anfibios, con cuerpo robusto recubierto de denso pelaje, un pico que recuerda al de los patos, patas palmeadas y espolones ponzoñosos. Junto con los equidnas, muestra características ausentes en los mamíferos marsupiales y placentarios, como la reproducción ovípara.
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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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