pontífices
[põn̪ˈt̪ifises]
The verdict
“pontífices” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,331 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,331
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de pontífice.
Corpus desk
Index ES-pontifices · pontífices · Spanish
pontífices · rank #71,331 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,331
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH porcinos
Nearest frequency peer: porcinos (+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 “pontífices”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- poligonal
poligonal
28,672 corpus weight
- pontífices
pontífices
28,670 corpus weight
- porcinos
porcinos
28,669 corpus weight
- portaviones
portaviones
28,668 corpus weight
- potaje
potaje
28,667 corpus weight
- potus
potus
28,666 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “pontífices” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pontífices |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [põn̪ˈt̪ifises] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #71,331 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “pontífices” en español
Rare enough to double-check
pontífices is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,331 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [põn̪ˈt̪ifises]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de pontífice.".
No misspelling variants are generated for pontífices in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is pontífices, spelled P-O-N-T-Í-F-I-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de pontífice.
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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