rare
[ʁɑʁ]
The verdict
“rare” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,518 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,518
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Raro.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rare · rare · Spanish
rare · rank #50,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,518
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rabiosa
Nearest frequency peer: rabiosa (-2 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 “rare”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- quot
quot
49,487 corpus weight
- rabiosa
rabiosa
49,485 corpus weight
- rare
rare
49,483 corpus weight
- reach
reach
49,481 corpus weight
- reafirmando
reafirmando
49,480 corpus weight
- realizaremos
realizaremos
49,479 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rare” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rare |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ʁɑʁ] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #50,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rare” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rare is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,518 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ʁɑʁ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Raro.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for rare in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is rare, spelled R-A-R-E.
Definition
- 1Raro.
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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