pangolín
[pãŋgoˈlĩn]
The verdict
“pangolín” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Pholidota) Orden de mamíferos folidotos insectívoros de cuerpo cubierto por grandes escamas casi en su totalidad, oriundo de las zonas tropicales de Asia y de África.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pangolin · pangolín · Spanish
pangolín · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pangolín |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pãŋgoˈlĩn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pangolín” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pangolín is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pãŋgoˈlĩn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pholidota) Orden de mamíferos folidotos insectívoros de cuerpo cubierto por grandes escamas casi en su totalidad, oriundo de las zonas tropicales de Asia y de África.".
pangolín doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pangolín, spelled P-A-N-G-O-L-Í-N.
Definition
- 1(Pholidota) Orden de mamíferos folidotos insectívoros de cuerpo cubierto por grandes escamas casi en su totalidad, oriundo de las zonas tropicales de Asia y de África.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.