yermo
[ˈʝeɾmo]
The verdict
“yermo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,796 among 177 “Y” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,796
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 177
- “Y” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que no tiene población.
Corpus desk
Index ES-yermo · yermo · Spanish
yermo · rank #65,796 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,796
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 177
- PHOTO-FINISH zaguán
Nearest frequency peer: zaguán (+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 “yermo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- vivamente
vivamente
34,209 corpus weight
- vándalo
vándalo
34,208 corpus weight
- yermo
yermo
34,205 corpus weight
- zaguán
zaguán
34,204 corpus weight
- zapote
zapote
34,203 corpus weight
- zapoteca
zapoteca
34,202 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “yermo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | yermo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈʝeɾmo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,796 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “yermo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
yermo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,796 among 177 “Y” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈʝeɾmo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for yermo in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is yermo, spelled Y-E-R-M-O.
Definition
- 1Que no tiene población.
- 2Que no es apto para el cultivo o no ha sido preparado para éste.
Synonyms
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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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