trolebús
[t̪ɾoleˈβ̞us]
The verdict
“trolebús” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,641 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,641
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Autobús que utiliza la electricidad, tomándola de cables que van en el aire siguiendo su recorrido, por medio de dos pértigas o troles.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | trolebús |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪ɾoleˈβ̞us] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #79,641 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “trolebús” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
trolebús is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,641 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪ɾoleˈβ̞us]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Autobús que utiliza la electricidad, tomándola de cables que van en el aire siguiendo su recorrido, por medio de dos pértigas o troles.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for trolebús, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is trolebús, spelled T-R-O-L-E-B-Ú-S.
Definition
- 1Autobús que utiliza la electricidad, tomándola de cables que van en el aire siguiendo su recorrido, por medio de dos pértigas o troles.
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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Using “trolebús”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-R-O-L-E-B-Ú-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪ɾoleˈβ̞us] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.