zonda
[ˈsõn̪d̪a]
The verdict
“zonda” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #65,071 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,071
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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...
Corpus desk
Index ES-zonda · zonda · Spanish
zonda · rank #65,071 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,071
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zarina
Nearest frequency peer: zarina (-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 “zonda”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- who's
who's
34,938 corpus weight
- zarina
zarina
34,931 corpus weight
- zonda
zonda
34,930 corpus weight
- zuma
zuma
34,929 corpus weight
- úrico
úrico
34,927 corpus weight
- abandonemos
abandonemos
34,921 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zonda” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “zonda” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zonda is uncommon Spanish at frequency #65,071 among 220 “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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