paraninfo
[paɾaˈnĩɱfo]
The verdict
“paraninfo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,792 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,792
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Padrino de bodas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-paraninfo · paraninfo · Spanish
paraninfo · rank #55,792 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,792
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH parad
Nearest frequency peer: parad (-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 “paraninfo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pacman
pacman
44,212 corpus weight
- paletos
paletos
44,211 corpus weight
- parad
parad
44,210 corpus weight
- paraninfo
paraninfo
44,209 corpus weight
- pasitos
pasitos
44,207 corpus weight
- patológicos
patológicos
44,206 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “paraninfo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | paraninfo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [paɾaˈnĩɱfo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,792 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “paraninfo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
paraninfo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,792 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [paɾaˈnĩɱfo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for paraninfo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 paraninfo, spelled P-A-R-A-N-I-N-F-O.
Definition
- 1Padrino de bodas.
- 2Por extensión, persona que acuerda o ayuda a acordar una boda.
- 3Por extensión, persona o cosa que anuncia la legada de algo.
- 4En particular, académico que daba el discurso de inicio de curso en las universidades.
- 5Salón mayor de actos en algunas universidades.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how paraninfo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cuando Jesús habla de los que a él le siguen, los compara a los paraninfos de un cortejo de bodas.
que de parte del esposo miraba los agüeros, se llamaba paraninfo, y la que de parte de la esposa, prónuba, que significa casamienteros
Synonyms
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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