rompehielos

Name: rompehielos, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[rõmpeˈjelos]

/[rõmpeˈjelos]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“rompehielos” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,637 among 48,955 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,637
frequency rank, Spanish: 48,955
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Barco especial diseñado para moverse y navegar a través de mares y ríos cubiertos por el hielo.

Key facts for rompehielos
Property	Value
Headword	rompehielos
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[rõmpeˈjelos]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#78,637
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rompehielos” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). rompehielos lands here:

#78,637

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rompehielos is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,637 among 48,955 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [rõmpeˈjelos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Barco especial diseñado para moverse y navegar a través de mares y ríos cubiertos por el hielo.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for rompehielos, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is rompehielos, spelled R-O-M-P-E-H-I-E-L-O-S.

Definition

1
Barco especial diseñado para moverse y navegar a través de mares y ríos cubiertos por el hielo.

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 "rompehielos"?

"rompehielos" is spelled R-O-M-P-E-H-I-E-L-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [rõmpeˈjelos].

What does "rompehielos" mean?

As a noun, "rompehielos" means: Barco especial diseñado para moverse y navegar a través de mares y ríos cubiertos por el hielo.

How do you pronounce "rompehielos"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "rompehielos" is [rõmpeˈjelos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "rompehielos" come from?

"rompehielos" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “rompehielos”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct Spanish spelling is R-O-M-P-E-H-I-E-L-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Say it as [rõmpeˈjelos] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.