ornitorrinco
[oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko]
The verdict
“ornitorrinco” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #74,793 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #74,793
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
| 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) |
Where “ornitorrinco” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ornitorrinco is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko]. Corpus data places it at rank #74,793 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(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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Using “ornitorrinco”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is O-R-N-I-T-O-R-R-I-N-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [oɾnit̪oˈrĩŋko] (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.