ungüento
[ũŋˈgwẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“ungüento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,622 among 4,148 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,622
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 4,148
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Todo aquello que sirve para ungir o untar.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ungüento |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ũŋˈgwẽn̪t̪o] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,622 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “ungüento” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
ungüento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,622 among 4,148 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ũŋˈgwẽn̪t̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ungüento, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is ungüento, spelled U-N-G-Ü-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1Todo aquello que sirve para ungir o untar.
- 2Medicamento de aplicación externa, compuesto de diversas substancias, entre las cuales figuran la cera amarilla, el aceite de olivas y el sebo de carnero.
- 3Compuesto de simples olorosos que usaban mucho los antiguos para embalsamar cadáveres.
- 4Cualquier cosa que suaviza y ablanda el ánimo o la voluntad, trayéndola a lo que se desea conseguir.
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 “ungüento”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is U-N-G-Ü-E-N-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ũŋˈgwẽn̪t̪o] (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.