pelícano
[peˈlikano]
The verdict
“pelícano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,533 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,533
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Pelecanus) Ave de gran pico y de zonas comúnmente costeras, tiene aproximadamente 8 o más especies frecuentemente conocidas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pelicano · pelícano · Spanish
pelícano · rank #62,533 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,533
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH penalista
Nearest frequency peer: penalista (+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 “pelícano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- patrol
patrol
37,473 corpus weight
- pausada
pausada
37,472 corpus weight
- pautado
pautado
37,471 corpus weight
- pelícano
pelícano
37,468 corpus weight
- penalista
penalista
37,467 corpus weight
- pesticida
pesticida
37,464 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pelícano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pelícano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈlikano] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #62,533 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pelícano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pelícano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,533 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈlikano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for pelícano, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is pelícano, spelled P-E-L-Í-C-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1(Pelecanus) Ave de gran pico y de zonas comúnmente costeras, tiene aproximadamente 8 o más especies frecuentemente conocidas.
- 2Gatillo (instrumento para sacar muelas).
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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