sandinistas
[sãn̪d̪iˈnist̪as]
The verdict
“sandinistas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #62,634 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,634
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - Forma del plural de sandinista.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sandinistas · sandinistas · Spanish
sandinistas · rank #62,634 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,634
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH salute
Nearest frequency peer: salute (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “sandinistas”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sabed
sabed
37,373 corpus weight
- saints
saints
37,372 corpus weight
- saludaban
saludaban
37,370 corpus weight
- salute
salute
37,368 corpus weight
- sandinistas
sandinistas
37,367 corpus weight
- santafesina
santafesina
37,366 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “sandinistas” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sandinistas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [sãn̪d̪iˈnist̪as] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #62,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “sandinistas” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
sandinistas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #62,634 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [sãn̪d̪iˈnist̪as]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de sandinista.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sandinistas, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sandinistas, spelled S-A-N-D-I-N-I-S-T-A-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de sandinista.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.