ostensible
[ost̪ẽnˈsiβ̞le]
The verdict
“ostensible” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #70,500 among 1,467 “O” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,500
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,467
- “O” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que está a la vista, que se puede comprender, ver o percibir sin mayor dificultad o esfuerzo por ser deliberado, aparente o notorio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ostensible · ostensible · Spanish
ostensible · rank #70,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,500
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,467
- PHOTO-FINISH osas
Nearest frequency peer: osas (-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 “ostensible”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- orientadora
orientadora
29,504 corpus weight
- orinando
orinando
29,503 corpus weight
- osas
osas
29,502 corpus weight
- ostensible
ostensible
29,501 corpus weight
- ostentado
ostentado
29,500 corpus weight
- ostentosa
ostentosa
29,499 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ostensible” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ostensible |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ost̪ẽnˈsiβ̞le] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,500 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ostensible” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ostensible is uncommon Spanish at frequency #70,500 among 1,467 “O” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ost̪ẽnˈsiβ̞le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ostensible, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. 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'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 ostensible, spelled O-S-T-E-N-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Que está a la vista, que se puede comprender, ver o percibir sin mayor dificultad o esfuerzo por ser deliberado, aparente o notorio.
- 2Que se puede mostrar, manifestar, exhibir, poner ante la vista o la percepción.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how ostensible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Silvia mueve la cabeza de un modo muy ostensible en sentido afirmativo.
El crecimiento de la masa corporal libre de grasa y de la grasa, se observa una diferencia ostensible entre ambos sexos.
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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