transistor
[t̪ɾãnsisˈt̪oɾ]
The verdict
“transistor” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,612 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,612
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dispositivo semiconductor utilizado en la electrónica para la amplificación y conmutación de señales eléctricas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-transistor · transistor · Spanish
transistor · rank #50,612 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,612
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH transfirieron
Nearest frequency peer: transfirieron (-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 “transistor”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tocaste
tocaste
49,392 corpus weight
- topamos
topamos
49,391 corpus weight
- transfirier…
transfirieron
49,390 corpus weight
- transistor
transistor
49,389 corpus weight
- transmitan
transmitan
49,388 corpus weight
- trillado
trillado
49,386 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “transistor” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | transistor |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾãnsisˈt̪oɾ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #50,612 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “transistor” en español
Rare enough to double-check
transistor is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,612 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾãnsisˈt̪oɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dispositivo semiconductor utilizado en la electrónica para la amplificación y conmutación de señales eléctricas.".
transistor has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is transistor, spelled T-R-A-N-S-I-S-T-O-R.
Definition
- 1Dispositivo semiconductor utilizado en la electrónica para la amplificación y conmutación de señales eléctricas.
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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