ortogonal
[oɾt̪oɣ̞oˈnal]
The verdict
“ortogonal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,693 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,693
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - En ángulo recto.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ortogonal · ortogonal · Spanish
ortogonal · rank #97,693 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,693
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH ovocitos
Nearest frequency peer: ovocitos (+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 “ortogonal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Ogier
Ogier
2,315 corpus weight
- ortogonal
ortogonal
2,308 corpus weight
- ovocitos
ovocitos
2,307 corpus weight
- oxidan
oxidan
2,306 corpus weight
- painter
painter
2,305 corpus weight
- pajarera
pajarera
2,304 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ortogonal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ortogonal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [oɾt̪oɣ̞oˈnal] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,693 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ortogonal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ortogonal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,693 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [oɾt̪oɣ̞oˈnal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "En ángulo recto.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ortogonal in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ortogonal, spelled O-R-T-O-G-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1En ángulo recto.
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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