vendaval
[bẽn̪d̪aˈβ̞al]
The verdict
“vendaval” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,008 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,008
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Viento fuerte que sopla del Sur, con tendencia al Oeste.
Corpus desk
Index ES-vendaval · vendaval · Spanish
vendaval · rank #50,008 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,008
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH valet
Nearest frequency peer: valet (-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 “vendaval”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- utilizable
utilizable
49,996 corpus weight
- valet
valet
49,994 corpus weight
- vendaval
vendaval
49,993 corpus weight
- veneran
veneran
49,992 corpus weight
- verídica
verídica
49,991 corpus weight
- vigilias
vigilias
49,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “vendaval” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | vendaval |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bẽn̪d̪aˈβ̞al] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #50,008 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “vendaval” en español
Rare enough to double-check
vendaval is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,008 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bẽn̪d̪aˈβ̞al]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for vendaval in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is vendaval, spelled V-E-N-D-A-V-A-L.
Definition
- 1Viento fuerte que sopla del Sur, con tendencia al Oeste.
- 2Por extensión: Cualquier viento duro que no llega a ser temporal declarado.
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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