saltacaballos
[sal̪t̪akaˈβ̞aʝos]
The verdict
“saltacaballos” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de saltacaballo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-saltacaballos · saltacaballos · Spanish
saltacaballos · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | saltacaballos |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [sal̪t̪akaˈβ̞aʝos] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “saltacaballos” en español
Rare enough to double-check
saltacaballos is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [sal̪t̪akaˈβ̞aʝos]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de saltacaballo.".
saltacaballos doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for 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 saltacaballos, spelled S-A-L-T-A-C-A-B-A-L-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de saltacaballo.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.