zambo
[ˈsãmbo]
The verdict
“zambo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #88,444 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,444
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que tiene las rodillas juntas y los pies más separados que éstas, la condición anatómica llamada genu valgum.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zambo · zambo · Spanish
zambo · rank #88,444 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,444
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH yn
Nearest frequency peer: yn (-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 “zambo”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Yamil
Yamil
11,560 corpus weight
- Yanet
Yanet
11,559 corpus weight
- yn
yn
11,558 corpus weight
- zambo
zambo
11,557 corpus weight
- Zubieta
Zubieta
11,556 corpus weight
- álgidos
álgidos
11,555 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zambo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zambo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈsãmbo] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #88,444 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zambo” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zambo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #88,444 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈsãmbo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zambo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is zambo, spelled Z-A-M-B-O.
Definition
- 1Que tiene las rodillas juntas y los pies más separados que éstas, la condición anatómica llamada genu valgum.
- 2Que tiene las piernas torcidas o arqueadas de modo que no logra juntar las rodillas, la condición anatómica llamada genu varus.
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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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