penacho
[peˈnat͡ʃo]
The verdict
“penacho” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #55,800 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,800
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grupo de plumas que tienen algunas aves en la parte superior de la cabeza.
Corpus desk
Index ES-penacho · penacho · Spanish
penacho · rank #55,800 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,800
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH peluqueros
Nearest frequency peer: peluqueros (-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 “penacho”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- patológicos
patológicos
44,206 corpus weight
- peluqueros
peluqueros
44,202 corpus weight
- penacho
penacho
44,201 corpus weight
- penalizacio…
penalizaciones
44,200 corpus weight
- pereció
pereció
44,198 corpus weight
- pericias
pericias
44,197 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “penacho” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | penacho |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [peˈnat͡ʃo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,800 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “penacho” en español
Rare enough to double-check
penacho is uncommon Spanish at frequency #55,800 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [peˈnat͡ʃo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for penacho, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is penacho, spelled P-E-N-A-C-H-O.
Definition
- 1Grupo de plumas que tienen algunas aves en la parte superior de la cabeza.
- 2Adorno de plumas que sobresale en los cascos o morriones, en el tocado de las mujeres, en la cabeza de las caballerías engalanadas para fiestas reales u otras solemnidades, etc.
- 3Lo que tiene forma o figura de tal.
- 4Vanidad, presunción o soberbia.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how penacho appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Y después salió el señor rey de Castilla con diez caballeros, todos de aceituní pardillo y sus gentiles penachos».
«Mientras tanto, en las Caballerizas Reales del Campo del Moro, al pie del Palacio Real, palafreneros, lacayos, cocheros y mozos de cuadras revisan y preparan las diferentes carrozas, los correajes, los adornos y penachos, los corceles que constituirán la gran y suntuosa comitiva regia».
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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