windsurf
[wĩnˈsuɾf]
The verdict
“windsurf” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #74,183 among 230 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,183
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 230
- “W” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deporte acuático individual que se practica sobre una tabla que lleva una vela para ser impulsado por el viento.
Corpus desk
Index ES-windsurf · windsurf · Spanish
windsurf · rank #74,183 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,183
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 230
- PHOTO-FINISH windy
Nearest frequency peer: windy (+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 “windsurf”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- waltz
waltz
25,824 corpus weight
- ware
ware
25,822 corpus weight
- windsurf
windsurf
25,818 corpus weight
- windy
windy
25,817 corpus weight
- Yah
Yah
25,814 corpus weight
- yesos
yesos
25,812 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “windsurf” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | windsurf |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [wĩnˈsuɾf] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,183 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “windsurf” en español
Rare enough to double-check
windsurf is uncommon Spanish at frequency #74,183 among 230 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [wĩnˈsuɾf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deporte acuático individual que se practica sobre una tabla que lleva una vela para ser impulsado por el viento.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for windsurf, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is windsurf, spelled W-I-N-D-S-U-R-F.
Definition
- 1Deporte acuático individual que se practica sobre una tabla que lleva una vela para ser impulsado por el viento.
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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