tragacanto
[t̪ɾaɣ̞aˈkãn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“tragacanto” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Astragalus o Tragacantha spp.) Género de hierbas, plantas y arbustos, generalmente del hemisferio norte, de la familia de las papilionáceas o fabáceas, en particular el Astracantha gummifer o Astr...
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Index ES-tragacanto · tragacanto · Spanish
tragacanto · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tragacanto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾaɣ̞aˈkãn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “tragacanto” en español
Rare enough to double-check
tragacanto is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾaɣ̞aˈkãn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for tragacanto in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tragacanto, spelled T-R-A-G-A-C-A-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1(Astragalus o Tragacantha spp.) Género de hierbas, plantas y arbustos, generalmente del hemisferio norte, de la familia de las papilionáceas o fabáceas, en particular el Astracantha gummifer o Astragalus gummifer, originario de Asia menor.
- 2Tipo de goma (sustancia pegajosa o glutinosa), tradicionalmente extraída del Astracantha gummifer₁ y arbustos similares, que se emplea en productos farmacéuticos, tinturas, confituras y otros usos industriales.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.