retama
[reˈt̪ama]
The verdict
“retama” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #83,368 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,368
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mata de la familia de las leguminosas, de dos a cuatro metros de altura, con muchas verdascas o ramas delgadas, largas, flexibles, de color verde ceniciento y algo angulosas; hojas muy escasas, peq...
Corpus desk
Index ES-retama · retama · Spanish
retama · rank #83,368 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,368
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH resucitando
Nearest frequency peer: resucitando (-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 “retama”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- restablecen
restablecen
16,636 corpus weight
- restablecie…
restablecieron
16,635 corpus weight
- resucitando
resucitando
16,634 corpus weight
- retama
retama
16,633 corpus weight
- retransmite
retransmite
16,631 corpus weight
- retrataba
retrataba
16,630 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retama” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retama |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ama] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #83,368 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retama” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retama is uncommon Spanish at frequency #83,368 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reˈt̪ama]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Mata de la familia de las leguminosas, de dos a cuatro metros de altura, con muchas verdascas o ramas delgadas, largas, flexibles, de color verde ceniciento y algo angulosas; hojas muy escasas, peq...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for retama, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is retama, spelled R-E-T-A-M-A.
Definition
- 1Mata de la familia de las leguminosas, de dos a cuatro metros de altura, con muchas verdascas o ramas delgadas, largas, flexibles, de color verde ceniciento y algo angulosas; hojas muy escasas, pequeñas, lanceoladas; flores amarillas en racimos laterales y fruto de vaina globosa con una sola semilla negruzca. Es común en España y apreciada para combustible de los hornos de pan.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how retama appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«El sotobosque de estos pinares es muy ralo y pobre en especies a causa de las condiciones tan desfavorables del sustrato. Aparecen frecuentemente la retama, el cantueso, la jara pringosa, el codeso (…)».
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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