zipper
/ˈzɪpɚ/
The verdict
“zipper” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,024 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #98,024
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cremallera
Corpus desk
Index ES-zipper · zipper · Spanish
zipper · rank #98,024 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #98,024
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zapotecas
Nearest frequency peer: zapotecas (-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 “zipper”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- Yadira
Yadira
1,983 corpus weight
- zapallos
zapallos
1,979 corpus weight
- zapotecas
zapotecas
1,978 corpus weight
- zipper
zipper
1,977 corpus weight
- zooplancton
zooplancton
1,975 corpus weight
- Áncash
Áncash
1,973 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zipper” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zipper |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈzɪpɚ/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #98,024 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zipper” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zipper is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,024 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈzɪpɚ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cremallera".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for zipper, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is zipper, spelled Z-I-P-P-E-R.
Definition
- 1Cremallera
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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