stray
/ˈstreɪ/
The verdict
“stray” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,482 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,482
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dicho de una persona o de una mascota: Extraviada o desaparecida.
Corpus desk
Index ES-stray · stray · Spanish
stray · rank #81,482 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,482
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH subcontratar
Nearest frequency peer: subcontratar (+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 “stray”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- sortilegio
sortilegio
18,524 corpus weight
- stray
stray
18,519 corpus weight
- subcontratar
subcontratar
18,518 corpus weight
- subgéneros
subgéneros
18,517 corpus weight
- subrepticia…
subrepticiamente
18,515 corpus weight
- sucedida
sucedida
18,514 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “stray” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | stray |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈstreɪ/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #81,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “stray” en español
Rare enough to double-check
stray is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,482 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈstreɪ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dicho de una persona o de una mascota: Extraviada o desaparecida.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for stray in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 stray, spelled S-T-R-A-Y.
Definition
- 1Dicho de una persona o de una mascota: Extraviada o desaparecida.
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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