postiza
[posˈt̪isa]
The verdict
“postiza” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #63,328 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #63,328
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Castañuela más fina y pequeña que el tamaño normal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-postiza · postiza · Spanish
postiza · rank #63,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #63,328
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH posponiendo
Nearest frequency peer: posponiendo (-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 “postiza”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- posaron
posaron
36,676 corpus weight
- posmoderno
posmoderno
36,675 corpus weight
- posponiendo
posponiendo
36,674 corpus weight
- postiza
postiza
36,673 corpus weight
- postrada
postrada
36,672 corpus weight
- postrimerías
postrimerías
36,671 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “postiza” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | postiza |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [posˈt̪isa] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #63,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “postiza” en español
Rare enough to double-check
postiza is uncommon Spanish at frequency #63,328 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [posˈt̪isa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
postiza has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is postiza, spelled P-O-S-T-I-Z-A.
Definition
- 1Castañuela más fina y pequeña que el tamaño normal.
- 2Obra muerta que se ponía exteriormente a las galeras y galeotas desde su cubierta principal sobre ambos costados, para aumentar la manga poder ubicar los remos en una posición.
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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