pelícanos
[peˈlikanos]
The verdict
“pelícanos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,938 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,938
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aguileña.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pelicanos · pelícanos · Spanish
pelícanos · rank #73,938 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,938
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pechera
Nearest frequency peer: pechera (-2 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 “pelícanos”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- patrocinado…
patrocinadora
26,067 corpus weight
- pechera
pechera
26,065 corpus weight
- pelícanos
pelícanos
26,063 corpus weight
- pequeñín
pequeñín
26,061 corpus weight
- pequeñísimo
pequeñísimo
26,060 corpus weight
- perillas
perillas
26,059 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pelícanos” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pelícanos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈlikanos] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #73,938 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pelícanos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pelícanos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,938 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈlikanos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aguileña.".
pelícanos has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is pelícanos, spelled P-E-L-Í-C-A-N-O-S.
Definition
- 1Aguileña.
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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