timbales
[t̪ĩmˈbales]
The verdict
“timbales” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,218 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,218
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Forma del plural de timbal.
Corpus desk
Index ES-timbales · timbales · Spanish
timbales · rank #73,218 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,218
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tiemblen
Nearest frequency peer: tiemblen (-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 “timbales”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- telescópica
telescópica
26,789 corpus weight
- tentativame…
tentativamente
26,787 corpus weight
- tiemblen
tiemblen
26,784 corpus weight
- timbales
timbales
26,783 corpus weight
- tocase
tocase
26,781 corpus weight
- Tolón
Tolón
26,780 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “timbales” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | timbales |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ĩmˈbales] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #73,218 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “timbales” en español
Rare enough to double-check
timbales is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,218 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ĩmˈbales]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Forma del plural de timbal.".
timbales doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is timbales, spelled T-I-M-B-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Forma del plural de timbal.
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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