ribetes
[riˈβ̞et̪es]
The verdict
“ribetes” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,162 among 4,151 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,162
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,151
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indicios; apariencia que se intuye.
Corpus desk
Index ES-ribetes · ribetes · Spanish
ribetes · rank #64,162 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,162
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,151
- PHOTO-FINISH riales
Nearest frequency peer: riales (-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 “ribetes”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- retrasadas
retrasadas
35,843 corpus weight
- reutilizabl…
reutilizables
35,842 corpus weight
- riales
riales
35,840 corpus weight
- ribetes
ribetes
35,839 corpus weight
- Rivadeneira
Rivadeneira
35,838 corpus weight
- sabato
sabato
35,835 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ribetes” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ribetes |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [riˈβ̞et̪es] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ribetes” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ribetes is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,162 among 4,151 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [riˈβ̞et̪es]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indicios; apariencia que se intuye.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ribetes in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is ribetes, spelled R-I-B-E-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1Indicios; apariencia que se intuye.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ribetes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
El asunto pronto adquirió ribetes de drama de conventillo.
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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