palabrota
[palaˈβ̞ɾot̪a]
The verdict
“palabrota” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,073 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,073
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Palabra considerada ofensiva o malsonante.
Corpus desk
Index ES-palabrota · palabrota · Spanish
palabrota · rank #87,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,073
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH palla
Nearest frequency peer: palla (+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 “palabrota”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- opérculo
opérculo
12,934 corpus weight
- ordinales
ordinales
12,932 corpus weight
- palabrota
palabrota
12,928 corpus weight
- palla
palla
12,927 corpus weight
- panóptico
panóptico
12,926 corpus weight
- papus
papus
12,925 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “palabrota” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | palabrota |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [palaˈβ̞ɾot̪a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #87,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “palabrota” en español
Rare enough to double-check
palabrota is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,073 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [palaˈβ̞ɾot̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Palabra considerada ofensiva o malsonante.".
palabrota has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is palabrota, spelled P-A-L-A-B-R-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1Palabra considerada ofensiva o malsonante.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how palabrota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La mayoría de edad no sólo la encuentra casada y permitiéndose algunos lujos materiales. Uno de sus flamantes logros es haber podido poner una palabrota (damn! [‘¡mierda!’ en inglés]) en el título del álbum. Por respeto a su padre había dejado afuera del primer disco expresiones como esa.
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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