ser un barril sin fondo
[ˈseɾ ũm baˈril sĩɱ ˈfõn̪d̪o]
The verdict
“ser un barril sin fondo” is outside the top-ranked Spanish vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 23
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Dicho de una persona: consumir algo de manera insaciable.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ser un barril sin fondo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˈseɾ ũm baˈril sĩɱ ˈfõn̪d̪o] |
| Letters | 23 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ser un barril sin fondo” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for ser un barril sin fondo is 23 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈseɾ ũm baˈril sĩɱ ˈfõn̪d̪o]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for ser un barril sin fondo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is ser un barril sin fondo, spelled S-E-R- -U-N- -B-A-R-R-I-L- -S-I-N- -F-O-N-D-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona: consumir algo de manera insaciable.
- 2Dicho de una actividad: ser muy costosa.
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.
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- The one correct Spanish spelling is S-E-R- -U-N- -B-A-R-R-I-L- -S-I-N- -F-O-N-D-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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