pestilencia
[pest̪iˈlẽnsja]
The verdict
“pestilencia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #58,003 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,003
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Enfermedad infecciosa y contagiosa causante de gran mortalidad entre personas y animales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pestilencia · pestilencia · Spanish
pestilencia · rank #58,003 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,003
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH persuasiva
Nearest frequency peer: persuasiva (-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 “pestilencia”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- perjudicaría
perjudicaría
42,000 corpus weight
- persuasiva
persuasiva
41,999 corpus weight
- pestilencia
pestilencia
41,998 corpus weight
- Petronila
Petronila
41,997 corpus weight
- Peñalver
Peñalver
41,996 corpus weight
- piramidales
piramidales
41,994 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pestilencia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pestilencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pest̪iˈlẽnsja] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #58,003 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pestilencia” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pestilencia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #58,003 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [pest̪iˈlẽnsja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for pestilencia in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is pestilencia, spelled P-E-S-T-I-L-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Enfermedad infecciosa y contagiosa causante de gran mortalidad entre personas y animales.
- 2Algun evento o cosa que causa grandes perdidas o males entre la población.
- 3Abundancia de cosas incomodas o perjudiciales.
- 4Olor desagradable
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how pestilencia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cada día soportaba el olor a cuero de los arreos, el sudor de los custodios, la pestilencia del tabaco y el aliento a ajos de los oficiales al mando.
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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