zanco
[ˈsãŋko]
The verdict
“zanco” is uncommon Spanish (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Spanish
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cada uno de dos palos altos y dispuestos con sendas horquillas, en que se afirman y atan los pies. Sirven para andar sin mojarse por donde hay agua, y también para juegos de agilidad y equilibrio.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zanco · zanco · Spanish
zanco · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zanco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsãŋko] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zanco” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zanco is uncommon Spanish outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsãŋko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zanco, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is zanco, spelled Z-A-N-C-O.
Definition
- 1Cada uno de dos palos altos y dispuestos con sendas horquillas, en que se afirman y atan los pies. Sirven para andar sin mojarse por donde hay agua, y también para juegos de agilidad y equilibrio.
- 2Cada uno de los palos o astas que, con sus grímpolas, se ponen en las cabezas de los masteleros cuando se quitan los mastelerillos de juanete.
- 3Zanca (parte de la pata de un ave).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.