reverberación

[reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn]

/[reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“reverberación” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,205 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,205
frequency rank, Spanish
4,151
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Acción y efecto de reverberar: reflexión lumínica o calorífica difusas.

Corpus desk

Index ES-reverberacion · reverberación · Spanish

reverberación · rank #87,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #87,205
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH retroactivos

Nearest frequency peer: retroactivos (-4 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 “reverberación”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “reverberación” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reverberación
PropertyValue
Headwordreverberación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn]
Letters13
Frequency rank#87,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “reverberación” en español

La frecuencia va del puñado de palabras que usamos sin parar (izquierda) a la cola larga que apenas aparece (derecha).reverberacióncae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “retroactivos” (#87,201), “rimbombante” (#87,209), “retribuido” (#87,200). Entre 4,151 lemas con “R”, “reverberación” va en #87,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reverberación is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,205 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for reverberación in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists 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 reverberación, spelled R-E-V-E-R-B-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción y efecto de reverberar: reflexión lumínica o calorífica difusas.
  2. 2
    Refuerzo y persistencia de sonidos en recintos o en espacios algo menos cerrados.
  3. 3
    Procesamiento de minerales en hornos de reverbero.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how reverberación appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. argentía. 1. f. En días de mucha luminosidad y calor, especie de reverberación fosfórica que suele mostrarse en el agua del mar
  2. Se produce reverberación cuando las ondas reflejadas llegan al oyente antes de la extinción de la onda directa, es decir, en un tiempo menor que el de persistencia acústica del sonido. Este fenómeno es de suma importancia, ya que se produce en cualquier recinto en el que se propaga una onda sonora. El oyente no sólo percibe la onda directa, sino las suces…

Synonyms

reflexiónresonancia

This word in other languages

reverberation(English)réverbération(Français)Nachhall(Deutsch)reverberação(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "reverberación"?
"reverberación" is spelled R-E-V-E-R-B-E-R-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn].
What does "reverberación" mean?
As a noun, "reverberación" means: Acción y efecto de reverberar: reflexión lumínica o calorífica difusas.
How do you pronounce "reverberación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reverberación" is [reβ̞eɾβ̞eɾaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "reverberación", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

represaliados#87,192ralentización#87,166policarbonato#87,120petroquímicos#87,099

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list