splinter
/ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“splinter” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #84,384 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,384
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Astilla.
Corpus desk
Index ES-splinter · splinter · Spanish
splinter · rank #84,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,384
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH sospechen
Nearest frequency peer: sospechen (-2 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 “splinter”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sorprendiera
sorprendiera
15,622 corpus weight
- soslayar
soslayar
15,621 corpus weight
- sospechen
sospechen
15,619 corpus weight
- splinter
splinter
15,617 corpus weight
- Sturm
Sturm
15,614 corpus weight
- subscribe
subscribe
15,612 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “splinter” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | splinter |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #84,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “splinter” en español
Rare enough to double-check
splinter is uncommon Spanish at frequency #84,384 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈsplɪn.tə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
splinter doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is splinter, spelled S-P-L-I-N-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1Astilla.
- 2Espina.
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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