trépano
[ˈt̪ɾepano]
The verdict
“trépano” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Especie de taladro quirúrgico pequeño con una sierra circular para trepanar, esto es, para horadar los huesos, especialmente los del cráneo.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trepano · trépano · Spanish
trépano · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | trépano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪ɾepano] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “trépano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
trépano is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈt̪ɾepano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trépano, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is trépano, spelled T-R-É-P-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Especie de taladro quirúrgico pequeño con una sierra circular para trepanar, esto es, para horadar los huesos, especialmente los del cráneo.
- 2Instrumento que emplean los mineros para abrir agujeros verticales en el terreno.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.