sniper
/ˈsnaɪpəɾ/
The verdict
“sniper” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,673 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,673
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Francotirador.
Corpus desk
Index ES-sniper · sniper · Spanish
sniper · rank #56,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,673
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH skinny
Nearest frequency peer: skinny (-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 “sniper”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sick
sick
43,331 corpus weight
- singularmen…
singularmente
43,330 corpus weight
- skinny
skinny
43,329 corpus weight
- sniper
sniper
43,328 corpus weight
- sobrados
sobrados
43,327 corpus weight
- solidariza
solidariza
43,325 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “sniper” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | sniper |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsnaɪpəɾ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “sniper” en español
Rare enough to double-check
sniper is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,673 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsnaɪpəɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Francotirador.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for sniper, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is sniper, spelled S-N-I-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Francotirador.
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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