Ostende
[osˈt̪ẽn̪d̪e]
The verdict
“Ostende” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,248 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,248
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciudad costera de Bélgica, la mayor del país.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ostende · Ostende · Spanish
Ostende · rank #92,248 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,248
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH orgias
Nearest frequency peer: orgias (-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 “Ostende”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Opazo
Opazo
7,757 corpus weight
- opposition
opposition
7,756 corpus weight
- orate
orate
7,755 corpus weight
- orgias
orgias
7,754 corpus weight
- Ostende
Ostende
7,753 corpus weight
- pacense
pacense
7,750 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Ostende” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ostende |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [osˈt̪ẽn̪d̪e] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #92,248 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Ostende” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Ostende is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,248 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [osˈt̪ẽn̪d̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciudad costera de Bélgica, la mayor del país.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ostende, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 Ostende, spelled O-S-T-E-N-D-E.
Definition
- 1Ciudad costera de Bélgica, la mayor del país.
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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