regaliz
[reɣ̞aˈlis]
The verdict
“regaliz” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #52,507 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #52,507
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Glycyrrhiza glabra) Hierba perenne, de la familia de las fabáceas, nativa de Europa meridional y el Asia Menor, que se cultiva desde la Antigüedad por el extracto de su raíz y rizoma, sabroso y de...
Corpus desk
Index ES-regaliz · regaliz · Spanish
regaliz · rank #52,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #52,507
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH regalados
Nearest frequency peer: regalados (-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 “regaliz”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- refugiada
refugiada
47,496 corpus weight
- regalados
regalados
47,495 corpus weight
- regaliz
regaliz
47,494 corpus weight
- rellenando
rellenando
47,493 corpus weight
- relojero
relojero
47,492 corpus weight
- rememorar
rememorar
47,491 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “regaliz” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | regaliz |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reɣ̞aˈlis] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #52,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “regaliz” en español
Rare enough to double-check
regaliz is uncommon Spanish at frequency #52,507 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reɣ̞aˈlis]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for regaliz in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is regaliz, spelled R-E-G-A-L-I-Z.
Definition
- 1(Glycyrrhiza glabra) Hierba perenne, de la familia de las fabáceas, nativa de Europa meridional y el Asia Menor, que se cultiva desde la Antigüedad por el extracto de su raíz y rizoma, sabroso y de propiedades medicinales
- 2Raíz de esta planta, consumida como golosina o medicamento
- 3Cualquier golosina, caramelo o pastilla saborizado con el extracto de esta planta
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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