zorzal
[soɾˈsal]
The verdict
“zorzal” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,385 among 220 “Z” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,385
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 220
- “Z” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (género Turdus) Pájaro de unos treinta centímetros de largo, cuerpo grueso, cabeza pequeña, pico delgado, alas agudas, plumaje pardo por encima, y motas en el pecho.
Corpus desk
Index ES-zorzal · zorzal · Spanish
zorzal · rank #86,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,385
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 220
- PHOTO-FINISH zine
Nearest frequency peer: zine (-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 “zorzal”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- 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
- égida
égida
13,613 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “zorzal” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zorzal |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [soɾˈsal] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #86,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “zorzal” en español
Rare enough to double-check
zorzal is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,385 among 220 “Z” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [soɾˈsal]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for zorzal, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is zorzal, spelled Z-O-R-Z-A-L.
Definition
- 1(género Turdus) Pájaro de unos treinta centímetros de largo, cuerpo grueso, cabeza pequeña, pico delgado, alas agudas, plumaje pardo por encima, y motas en el pecho.
- 2Hombre astuto y sagaz.
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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