relé
[reˈle]
The verdict
“relé” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,075 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,075
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).
Corpus desk
Index ES-rele · relé · Spanish
relé · rank #68,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,075
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH relájese
Nearest frequency peer: relájese (-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 “relé”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- reestructura
reestructura
31,930 corpus weight
- regresos
regresos
31,928 corpus weight
- relájese
relájese
31,927 corpus weight
- relé
relé
31,926 corpus weight
- remitidas
remitidas
31,925 corpus weight
- reorganiza
reorganiza
31,924 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “relé” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | relé |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈle] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #68,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “relé” en español
Rare enough to double-check
relé is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,075 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reˈle]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for relé, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 relé, spelled R-E-L-É.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo que permite controlar circuitos de alta potencia con la conmutación de sus contactos, mediante el accionamiento de su bobina que está en un circuito de baja potencia (circuito de comando).
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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