zine
[ˈsine]
The verdict
“zine” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,384 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,384
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zine · zine · Spanish
zine · rank #86,384 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,384
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zambada
Nearest frequency peer: zambada (-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 “zine”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- zacate
zacate
13,620 corpus weight
- zafa
zafa
13,619 corpus weight
- zambada
zambada
13,618 corpus weight
- zine
zine
13,617 corpus weight
- zorzal
zorzal
13,616 corpus weight
- Zubizarreta
Zubizarreta
13,615 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zine” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zine |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsine] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #86,384 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zine” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zine is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,384 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsine]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.".
Zero misspellings are on record for zine in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is zine, spelled Z-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Obra de pequeña tirada auto-publicada de textos e imágenes originales o apropiados, habitualmente reproducidos mediante fotocopiadora.
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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