zonda
[ˈsõn̪d̪a]
The verdict
“zonda” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,071 among 5,985 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,071
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,985
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Viento argentino, local, seco y cálido que frecuentemente sopla y lleva mucha suciedad sobre las estribaciones orientales de los Andes, en Argentina. Este viento nace en el anticiclón del océano Pa...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zonda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈsõn̪d̪a] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #65,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “zonda” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
zonda is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,071 among 5,985 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈsõn̪d̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Viento argentino, local, seco y cálido que frecuentemente sopla y lleva mucha suciedad sobre las estribaciones orientales de los Andes, en Argentina. Este viento nace en el anticiclón del océano Pa...".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for zonda, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is zonda, spelled Z-O-N-D-A.
Definition
- 1Viento argentino, local, seco y cálido que frecuentemente sopla y lleva mucha suciedad sobre las estribaciones orientales de los Andes, en Argentina. Este viento nace en el anticiclón del océano Pacífico, por lo que inicia siendo un viento frío y húmedo. Luego, es desviado por el ciclón de la Precordillera y entra en la zona de mayores alturas, chocando con estas y generando lluvias orográficas y nevadas en la cima de la cordillera.
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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Using “zonda”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is Z-O-N-D-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.