slug
/slʌɡ/
The verdict
“slug” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #78,673 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,673
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Babosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-slug · slug · Spanish
slug · rank #78,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,673
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sobrecargados
Nearest frequency peer: sobrecargados (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “slug”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- sismológico
sismológico
21,332 corpus weight
- situamos
situamos
21,331 corpus weight
- Siva
Siva
21,330 corpus weight
- slug
slug
21,328 corpus weight
- sobrecargad…
sobrecargados
21,327 corpus weight
- socializando
socializando
21,326 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “slug” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | slug |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /slʌɡ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #78,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “slug” en la frecuencia del español
Rare enough to double-check
slug is uncommon Spanish at frequency #78,673 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /slʌɡ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 8 senses are on record.
slug doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is slug, spelled S-L-U-G.
Definition
- 1Babosa.
- 2Disco de metal empleado como moneda o token, o para obtener cosas en las máquinas expendedoras sin pagar.
- 3Posta, bala.
- 4Lingote o pedazo de metal.
- 5Gandul, persona vaga, haragana o lenta.
- 6Un animal que se mueve lentamente.
- 7Unidad de masa equivalente a 15 kg aproximadamente.
- 8Trago, chupito, pequeña cantidad de una bebida, generalmente alcohólica, servida para ser tomada de una vez.
Synonyms
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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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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