Zagal
[saˈɣ̞al]
The verdict
“Zagal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #89,470 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,470
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Apellido.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zagal · Zagal · Spanish
Zagal · rank #89,470 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,470
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH ágape
Nearest frequency peer: ágape (+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 “Zagal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- yucas
yucas
10,533 corpus weight
- Zagal
Zagal
10,531 corpus weight
- ágape
ágape
10,530 corpus weight
- était
était
10,529 corpus weight
- óbice
óbice
10,528 corpus weight
- órdago
órdago
10,527 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “Zagal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Zagal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [saˈɣ̞al] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #89,470 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “Zagal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
Zagal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #89,470 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [saˈɣ̞al]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Apellido.".
Zagal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is Zagal, spelled Z-A-G-A-L.
Definition
- 1Apellido.
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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