retumba
[reˈt̪ũmba]
The verdict
“retumba” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #61,138 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,138
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retumbar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-retumba · retumba · Spanish
retumba · rank #61,138 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,138
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH retomo
Nearest frequency peer: retomo (-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 “retumba”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- respaldaron
respaldaron
38,866 corpus weight
- retomo
retomo
38,864 corpus weight
- retumba
retumba
38,863 corpus weight
- reumatismo
reumatismo
38,862 corpus weight
- reunieran
reunieran
38,861 corpus weight
- reíamos
reíamos
38,860 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “retumba” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | retumba |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [reˈt̪ũmba] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #61,138 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “retumba” en español
Rare enough to double-check
retumba is uncommon Spanish at frequency #61,138 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [reˈt̪ũmba]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for retumba, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is retumba, spelled R-E-T-U-M-B-A.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de retumbar.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de retumbar.
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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