vacilante
[basiˈlãn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“vacilante” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,290 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,290
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que vacila o duda.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vacilante · vacilante · Spanish
vacilante · rank #51,290 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,290
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH vaciando
Nearest frequency peer: vaciando (-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 “vacilante”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- until
until
48,715 corpus weight
- vaciando
vaciando
48,712 corpus weight
- vacilante
vacilante
48,711 corpus weight
- vecchio
vecchio
48,710 corpus weight
- vengativa
vengativa
48,708 corpus weight
- Venice
Venice
48,707 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vacilante” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vacilante |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [basiˈlãn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #51,290 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vacilante” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vacilante is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,290 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [basiˈlãn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for vacilante in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 vacilante, spelled V-A-C-I-L-A-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que vacila o duda.
- 2Que ha perdido el equilibrio y puede caer en cualquier momento.
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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