rebuscado
[reβ̞usˈkað̞o]
The verdict
“rebuscado” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,576 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,576
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Con recursos, estilos o formas que parecen excesivos, artificiales o innecesariamente complejos. Que muestra rebuscamiento; que se rebusca en sus maneras.
Corpus desk
Index ES-rebuscado · rebuscado · Spanish
rebuscado · rank #59,576 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,576
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH rebotó
Nearest frequency peer: rebotó (-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 “rebuscado”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- realizarían
realizarían
40,428 corpus weight
- reavivar
reavivar
40,427 corpus weight
- rebotó
rebotó
40,426 corpus weight
- rebuscado
rebuscado
40,425 corpus weight
- receptividad
receptividad
40,424 corpus weight
- recibiré
recibiré
40,423 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “rebuscado” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rebuscado |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [reβ̞usˈkað̞o] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #59,576 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “rebuscado” en español
Rare enough to double-check
rebuscado is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,576 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [reβ̞usˈkað̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Con recursos, estilos o formas que parecen excesivos, artificiales o innecesariamente complejos. Que muestra rebuscamiento; que se rebusca en sus maneras.".
rebuscado doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is rebuscado, spelled R-E-B-U-S-C-A-D-O.
Definition
- 1Con recursos, estilos o formas que parecen excesivos, artificiales o innecesariamente complejos. Que muestra rebuscamiento; que se rebusca en sus maneras.
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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