swahili
[swaˈxili]
The verdict
“swahili” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #80,530 among 4,169 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,530
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,169
- “S” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante subestándar de suajili.
Corpus desk
Index ES-swahili · swahili · Spanish
swahili · rank #80,530 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,530
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,169
- PHOTO-FINISH susurran
Nearest frequency peer: susurran (-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 “swahili”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- suscritas
suscritas
19,475 corpus weight
- sustenten
sustenten
19,474 corpus weight
- susurran
susurran
19,473 corpus weight
- swahili
swahili
19,471 corpus weight
- tachuelas
tachuelas
19,469 corpus weight
- tajamar
tajamar
19,468 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “swahili” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | swahili |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [swaˈxili] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #80,530 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “swahili” en español
Rare enough to double-check
swahili is uncommon Spanish at frequency #80,530 among 4,169 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [swaˈxili]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante subestándar de suajili.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for swahili, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is swahili, spelled S-W-A-H-I-L-I.
Definition
- 1Variante subestándar de suajili.
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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