precolombino
[pɾekolõmˈbino]
The verdict
“precolombino” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,106 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,106
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que pertenece a una época anterior al arribo de Cristobal Colón al continente americano. Se emplea en particular para referise a las antiguas civilizaciones americanas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-precolombino · precolombino · Spanish
precolombino · rank #64,106 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,106
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH prefijos
Nearest frequency peer: prefijos (+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 “precolombino”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- postergada
postergada
35,900 corpus weight
- postgrados
postgrados
35,899 corpus weight
- precolombino
precolombino
35,895 corpus weight
- prefijos
prefijos
35,894 corpus weight
- pressure
pressure
35,892 corpus weight
- profit
profit
35,890 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “precolombino” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | precolombino |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [pɾekolõmˈbino] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #64,106 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “precolombino” en español
Rare enough to double-check
precolombino is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,106 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [pɾekolõmˈbino]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Que pertenece a una época anterior al arribo de Cristobal Colón al continente americano. Se emplea en particular para referise a las antiguas civilizaciones americanas.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for precolombino, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is precolombino, spelled P-R-E-C-O-L-O-M-B-I-N-O.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece a una época anterior al arribo de Cristobal Colón al continente americano. Se emplea en particular para referise a las antiguas civilizaciones americanas.
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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