sílex
[ˈsileks]
The verdict
“sílex” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #68,975 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,975
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedernal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-silex · sílex · Spanish
sílex · rank #68,975 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,975
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH symphony
Nearest frequency peer: symphony (-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 “sílex”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Suipacha
Suipacha
31,031 corpus weight
- suscitada
suscitada
31,030 corpus weight
- sustentados
sustentados
31,028 corpus weight
- symphony
symphony
31,027 corpus weight
- sílex
sílex
31,026 corpus weight
- teaching
teaching
31,022 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sílex” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sílex |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsileks] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,975 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sílex” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sílex is uncommon Spanish at frequency #68,975 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsileks]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pedernal.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for sílex in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is sílex, spelled S-Í-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1Pedernal.
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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