zephyr
/ˈze.fə(ɹ)/
The verdict
“zephyr” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,410 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,410
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Poniente₁, céfiro₁.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zephyr · zephyr · Spanish
zephyr · rank #87,410 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,410
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zor
Nearest frequency peer: zor (+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 “zephyr”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- yuso
yuso
12,595 corpus weight
- zephyr
zephyr
12,591 corpus weight
- zor
zor
12,590 corpus weight
- zumbar
zumbar
12,589 corpus weight
- être
être
12,588 corpus weight
- íntegras
íntegras
12,587 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zephyr” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zephyr |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈze.fə(ɹ)/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #87,410 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zephyr” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zephyr is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,410 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈze.fə(ɹ)/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
zephyr has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
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 zephyr, spelled Z-E-P-H-Y-R.
Definition
- 1Poniente₁, céfiro₁.
- 2Céfiro₃.
- 3Merengue.
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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