sargazo
[saɾˈɣ̞aso]
The verdict
“sargazo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,425 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,425
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Sargassum) Alga marina de color pardo que se encuentra en las costas de playas tropicales.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sargazo · sargazo · Spanish
sargazo · rank #71,425 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,425
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH Santamaria
Nearest frequency peer: Santamaria (-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 “sargazo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- salteado
salteado
28,579 corpus weight
- Santamaria
Santamaria
28,577 corpus weight
- sargazo
sargazo
28,576 corpus weight
- seductoras
seductoras
28,575 corpus weight
- sefardí
sefardí
28,574 corpus weight
- sell
sell
28,573 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sargazo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sargazo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [saɾˈɣ̞aso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,425 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sargazo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sargazo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,425 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [saɾˈɣ̞aso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
sargazo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sargazo, spelled S-A-R-G-A-Z-O.
Definition
- 1(Sargassum) Alga marina de color pardo que se encuentra en las costas de playas tropicales.
- 2(Macrocystis pyrifera) Alga marina de color pardo que se encuentra en el Pacífico y el sur del Atlántico, es el alga más grande del mundo y puede formar bosques submarinos. Está fija al sustrato y posee cistos que le ayudan a flotar.
Synonyms
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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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