trabalenguas
[t̪ɾaβ̞aˈlẽŋgwas]
The verdict
“trabalenguas” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #73,227 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,227
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentencia o dicho cuya similitud fonética entre las palabras que contiene lo hace muy difícil de pronunciar cuando se dice rápidamente. Se suele utilizar como juego.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trabalenguas · trabalenguas · Spanish
trabalenguas · rank #73,227 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,227
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH trabajarían
Nearest frequency peer: trabajarían (-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 “trabalenguas”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Tornero
Tornero
26,777 corpus weight
- trabajarían
trabajarían
26,775 corpus weight
- trabalenguas
trabalenguas
26,774 corpus weight
- tragaba
tragaba
26,773 corpus weight
- traman
traman
26,772 corpus weight
- transitable
transitable
26,769 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “trabalenguas” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trabalenguas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈlẽŋgwas] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #73,227 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “trabalenguas” en español
Rare enough to double-check
trabalenguas is uncommon Spanish at frequency #73,227 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾaβ̞aˈlẽŋgwas]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Sentencia o dicho cuya similitud fonética entre las palabras que contiene lo hace muy difícil de pronunciar cuando se dice rápidamente. Se suele utilizar como juego.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for trabalenguas, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is trabalenguas, spelled T-R-A-B-A-L-E-N-G-U-A-S.
Definition
- 1Sentencia o dicho cuya similitud fonética entre las palabras que contiene lo hace muy difícil de pronunciar cuando se dice rápidamente. Se suele utilizar como juego.
This word in other languages
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).