ungüento
[ũŋˈgwẽn̪t̪o]
The verdict
“ungüento” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,622 among 448 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,622
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 448
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Todo aquello que sirve para ungir o untar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-unguento · ungüento · Spanish
ungüento · rank #50,622 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,622
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 448
- PHOTO-FINISH ubique
Nearest frequency peer: ubique (-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 “ungüento”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tuvieses
tuvieses
49,382 corpus weight
- ubicando
ubicando
49,381 corpus weight
- ubique
ubique
49,380 corpus weight
- ungüento
ungüento
49,379 corpus weight
- UPC
UPC
49,377 corpus weight
- usté
usté
49,376 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ungüento” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “ungüento” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ungüento is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,622 among 448 “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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