sándalo
[ˈsãn̪d̪alo]
The verdict
“sándalo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #64,217 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,217
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Santalum album) Árbol de hoja perenne originario de Oceanía, de 4 a 9 metros de altura, hojas elípticas opuestas, duramen verde pálido, y madera amarillenta de buen olor. Puede vivir hasta los 100...
Corpus desk
Index ES-sandalo · sándalo · Spanish
sándalo · rank #64,217 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,217
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sépalos
Nearest frequency peer: sépalos (+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 “sándalo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- superpuesto
superpuesto
35,788 corpus weight
- suple
suple
35,787 corpus weight
- sándalo
sándalo
35,784 corpus weight
- sépalos
sépalos
35,783 corpus weight
- tantear
tantear
35,781 corpus weight
- tapen
tapen
35,780 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sándalo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sándalo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsãn̪d̪alo] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #64,217 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sándalo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sándalo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #64,217 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsãn̪d̪alo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Santalum album) Árbol de hoja perenne originario de Oceanía, de 4 a 9 metros de altura, hojas elípticas opuestas, duramen verde pálido, y madera amarillenta de buen olor. Puede vivir hasta los 100...".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for sándalo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is sándalo, spelled S-Á-N-D-A-L-O.
Definition
- 1(Santalum album) Árbol de hoja perenne originario de Oceanía, de 4 a 9 metros de altura, hojas elípticas opuestas, duramen verde pálido, y madera amarillenta de buen olor. Puede vivir hasta los 100 años. Parasita las raíces de otras especies de árboles pero sin gran perjuicio.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how sándalo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En 1967, unos británicos descubrieron que el aceite de madera de sándalo que se hallaba en algunos cosméticos para el cutis y en las cremas solares, provocaba fotoalergias
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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