walkman
[ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn]
The verdict
“walkman” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,595 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,595
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.
Corpus desk
Index ES-walkman · walkman · Spanish
walkman · rank #66,595 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,595
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH worker
Nearest frequency peer: worker (+4 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 “walkman”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- vinculaba
vinculaba
33,414 corpus weight
- vivirían
vivirían
33,411 corpus weight
- walkman
walkman
33,406 corpus weight
- worker
worker
33,402 corpus weight
- xenófoba
xenófoba
33,400 corpus weight
- Yahvé
Yahvé
33,399 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “walkman” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | walkman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #66,595 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “walkman” en español
Rare enough to double-check
walkman is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,595 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈ(ɣ̞)w̝alkmãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.".
Zero misspellings are on record for walkman in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is walkman, spelled W-A-L-K-M-A-N.
Definition
- 1Reproductor de audio portátil que utiliza un reproductor de audiocassette a batería y en algunos casos tiene una radio AM/FM.
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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