snack
[esˈnak]
The verdict
“snack” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,238 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,238
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alimento ligero que se consume entre comidas, a menudo mientras se realiza otra actividad.
Corpus desk
Index ES-snack · snack · Spanish
snack · rank #51,238 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,238
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH smoking
Nearest frequency peer: smoking (-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 “snack”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- shine
shine
48,766 corpus weight
- smoke
smoke
48,765 corpus weight
- smoking
smoking
48,764 corpus weight
- snack
snack
48,763 corpus weight
- soba
soba
48,762 corpus weight
- soberanista
soberanista
48,761 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “snack” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | snack |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [esˈnak] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #51,238 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “snack” en español
Rare enough to double-check
snack is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,238 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [esˈnak]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alimento ligero que se consume entre comidas, a menudo mientras se realiza otra actividad.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for snack, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is snack, spelled S-N-A-C-K.
Definition
- 1Alimento ligero que se consume entre comidas, a menudo mientras se realiza otra actividad.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how snack appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La necesidad de innovar es si cabe más evidente en la categoría de aperitivos y snacks, pues se trata de un mercado más dinámico.
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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