trolebús
[t̪ɾoleˈβ̞us]
The verdict
“trolebús” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #79,641 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,641
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Autobús que utiliza la electricidad, tomándola de cables que van en el aire siguiendo su recorrido, por medio de dos pértigas o troles.
Corpus desk
Index ES-trolebus · trolebús · Spanish
trolebús · rank #79,641 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,641
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH tropezamos
Nearest frequency peer: tropezamos (+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 “trolebús”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tratantes
tratantes
20,364 corpus weight
- tribe
tribe
20,363 corpus weight
- trolebús
trolebús
20,360 corpus weight
- tropezamos
tropezamos
20,359 corpus weight
- truene
truene
20,358 corpus weight
- tuiteen
tuiteen
20,357 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “trolebús” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “trolebús” en español
Rare enough to double-check
trolebús is uncommon Spanish at frequency #79,641 among 3,005 “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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