planeador
[planeaˈð̞oɾ]
The verdict
“planeador” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #68,012 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,012
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aerodino (una aeronave más pesada que el aire), de notable superficie alar, carente de motor (no motorizado). Sus fuerzas de sustentación y traslación provienen únicamente de la resultante general ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | planeador |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [planeaˈð̞oɾ] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #68,012 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “planeador” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for planeador is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [planeaˈð̞oɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #68,012 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Aerodino (una aeronave más pesada que el aire), de notable superficie alar, carente de motor (no motorizado). Sus fuerzas de sustentación y traslación provienen únicamente de la resultante general ...".
planeador has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is planeador, spelled P-L-A-N-E-A-D-O-R.
Definition
- 1Aerodino (una aeronave más pesada que el aire), de notable superficie alar, carente de motor (no motorizado). Sus fuerzas de sustentación y traslación provienen únicamente de la resultante general aerodinámica, al igual que las de los demás planeadores como parapentes y alas delta.
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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Using “planeador”
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is P-L-A-N-E-A-D-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [planeaˈð̞oɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.