retahíla
[ret̪aˈila]
The verdict
“retahíla” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #85,246 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #85,246
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Serie de muchas cosas que están, suceden o se mencionan una tras otra.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retahila · retahíla · Spanish
retahíla · rank #85,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #85,246
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH resucitada
Nearest frequency peer: resucitada (-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 “retahíla”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- resucitación
resucitación
14,757 corpus weight
- resucitada
resucitada
14,756 corpus weight
- retahíla
retahíla
14,755 corpus weight
- retomará
retomará
14,754 corpus weight
- retrovirus
retrovirus
14,753 corpus weight
- revirtiendo
revirtiendo
14,752 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retahíla” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retahíla |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ret̪aˈila] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #85,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retahíla” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retahíla is uncommon Spanish at frequency #85,246 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ret̪aˈila]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Serie de muchas cosas que están, suceden o se mencionan una tras otra.".
retahíla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 retahíla, spelled R-E-T-A-H-Í-L-A.
Definition
- 1Serie de muchas cosas que están, suceden o se mencionan una tras otra.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how retahíla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
el cochero estaba dejando patas arriba el interior del vacío carruaje y desgranando la retahíla de maldiciones más impresionante que he escuchado jamás.
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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