shawarma
[ʃaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝aɾma]
The verdict
“shawarma” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #71,437 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,437
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plato tradicional de la gastronomía de Medio Oriente que consiste en un wrap relleno con carne de cordero aunque también hay variantes con otros tipos de carne.
Corpus desk
Index ES-shawarma · shawarma · Spanish
shawarma · rank #71,437 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,437
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH señalará
Nearest frequency peer: señalará (-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 “shawarma”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- servio
servio
28,568 corpus weight
- sesionar
sesionar
28,567 corpus weight
- seventeen
seventeen
28,566 corpus weight
- señalará
señalará
28,565 corpus weight
- shawarma
shawarma
28,564 corpus weight
- simbolizando
simbolizando
28,561 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “shawarma” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | shawarma |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʃaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝aɾma] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #71,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “shawarma” en español
Rare enough to double-check
shawarma is uncommon Spanish at frequency #71,437 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʃaˈ(ɣ̞)w̝aɾma]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plato tradicional de la gastronomía de Medio Oriente que consiste en un wrap relleno con carne de cordero aunque también hay variantes con otros tipos de carne.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for shawarma, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 shawarma, spelled S-H-A-W-A-R-M-A.
Definition
- 1Plato tradicional de la gastronomía de Medio Oriente que consiste en un wrap relleno con carne de cordero aunque también hay variantes con otros tipos de carne.
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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