polvoriento
[polβ̞oˈɾjẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“polvoriento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,138 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,138
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cubierto de polvo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-polvoriento · polvoriento · Spanish
polvoriento · rank #51,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,138
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH Plymouth
Nearest frequency peer: Plymouth (-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 “polvoriento”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- piro
piro
48,867 corpus weight
- places
places
48,865 corpus weight
- Plymouth
Plymouth
48,864 corpus weight
- polvoriento
polvoriento
48,863 corpus weight
- pomposo
pomposo
48,862 corpus weight
- popularizar
popularizar
48,860 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “polvoriento” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | polvoriento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [polβ̞oˈɾjẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “polvoriento” en español
Rare enough to double-check
polvoriento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,138 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [polβ̞oˈɾjẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cubierto de polvo.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for polvoriento in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is polvoriento, spelled P-O-L-V-O-R-I-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Cubierto de polvo.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how polvoriento appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cómo lograste tanta precisión describiendo a mi pueblo blanco y polvoriento si el sacristán por ahí no te vio, ni el cura, ni el cabo, ni el polvo ni el viento.
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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