waterpolo
[wat̪eɾˈpolo]
The verdict
“waterpolo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #50,639 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,639
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deporte acuático que se practica en una piscina entre dos equipos de siete nadadores. El objetivo es introducir el balón, impulsándolo, en la portería contraria.
Corpus desk
Index ES-waterpolo · waterpolo · Spanish
waterpolo · rank #50,639 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,639
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH volo
Nearest frequency peer: volo (-2 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 “waterpolo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Vich
Vich
49,367 corpus weight
- vistan
vistan
49,366 corpus weight
- volo
volo
49,364 corpus weight
- waterpolo
waterpolo
49,362 corpus weight
- wise
wise
49,360 corpus weight
- yucateca
yucateca
49,356 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “waterpolo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | waterpolo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [wat̪eɾˈpolo] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #50,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “waterpolo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
waterpolo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #50,639 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [wat̪eɾˈpolo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deporte acuático que se practica en una piscina entre dos equipos de siete nadadores. El objetivo es introducir el balón, impulsándolo, en la portería contraria.".
No misspelling variants are generated for waterpolo in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is waterpolo, spelled W-A-T-E-R-P-O-L-O.
Definition
- 1Deporte acuático que se practica en una piscina entre dos equipos de siete nadadores. El objetivo es introducir el balón, impulsándolo, en la portería contraria.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how waterpolo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La selección rusa de waterpolo se despidió de los campeonatos europeos con una nueva victoria
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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