visir
[biˈsiɾ]
The verdict
“visir” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,275 among 1,793 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,275
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 1,793
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese del ministro de los soberanos musulmanes.
Corpus desk
Index ES-visir · visir · Spanish
visir · rank #53,275 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,275
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,793
- PHOTO-FINISH vivar
Nearest frequency peer: vivar (+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 “visir”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- vaquita
vaquita
46,735 corpus weight
- vencía
vencía
46,733 corpus weight
- visir
visir
46,726 corpus weight
- vivar
vivar
46,725 corpus weight
- vulneran
vulneran
46,724 corpus weight
- wasap
wasap
46,721 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “visir” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | visir |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [biˈsiɾ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,275 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “visir” en español
Rare enough to double-check
visir is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,275 among 1,793 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [biˈsiɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dícese del ministro de los soberanos musulmanes.".
visir has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is visir, spelled V-I-S-I-R.
Definition
- 1Dícese del ministro de los soberanos musulmanes.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how visir appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Afuera tendría principio, bajo una vasta tienda, el fúnebre banquete habitual, mas yo nada oí; terminado éste y su algazara, el Faraón y los comensales regresarían a Tebas. Una vez por año, cuando el dios Amón de Karnak cruza el río en una barca de madera del Líbano, para visitar la necrópolis, Ramsés vendría al Valle, agitando un incensario; lo escoltarí…
This word in other languages
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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