senegalés
[seneɣ̞aˈles]
The verdict
“senegalés” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,664 among 34,953 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,664
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,953
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Persona originaria o habitante de Senegal.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | senegalés |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [seneɣ̞aˈles] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #56,664 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “senegalés” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
senegalés is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,664 among 34,953 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [seneɣ̞aˈles]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
senegalés has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is senegalés, spelled S-E-N-E-G-A-L-É-S.
Definition
- 1Persona originaria o habitante de Senegal.
- 2Se dice de algo que proviene o tiene relación con Senegal
This word in other languages
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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Using “senegalés”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-N-E-G-A-L-É-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [seneɣ̞aˈles] (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.