pelicans
[pə.liˈkans]
The verdict
“pelicans” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #96,635 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #96,635
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de pelicà: "pelícanos".
Corpus desk
Index ES-pelicans · pelicans · Spanish
pelicans · rank #96,635 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #96,635
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pellejos
Nearest frequency peer: pellejos (+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 “pelicans”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pataleando
pataleando
3,373 corpus weight
- patronímico
patronímico
3,372 corpus weight
- patógenas
patógenas
3,371 corpus weight
- pelicans
pelicans
3,366 corpus weight
- pellejos
pellejos
3,365 corpus weight
- perseguirán
perseguirán
3,361 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pelicans” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pelicans |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pə.liˈkans] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #96,635 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pelicans” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pelicans is uncommon Spanish at frequency #96,635 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pə.liˈkans]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de pelicà: "pelícanos".".
pelicans doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is pelicans, spelled P-E-L-I-C-A-N-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de pelicà: "pelícanos".
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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