araucaria

[aɾawˈkaɾja]

/[aɾawˈkaɾja]/ noun

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The verdict

“araucaria” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #87,493 among 120,137 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#87,493
frequency rank, Spanish
120,137
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cualquiera de los árboles pertenecientes al género de coníferas Araucaria de la familia Araucariaceae.

Key facts for araucaria
PropertyValue
Headwordaraucaria
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾawˈkaɾja]
Letters9
Frequency rank#87,493
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “araucaria” sits in Spanish frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). araucaria lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

araucaria is uncommon Spanish at frequency #87,493 among 120,137 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾawˈkaɾja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for araucaria, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is araucaria, spelled A-R-A-U-C-A-R-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquiera de los árboles pertenecientes al género de coníferas Araucaria de la familia Araucariaceae.
  2. 2
    Por antonomasia (Araucaria araucana), Árbol perteneciente al género de coníferas Araucaria de la familia Araucariaceae. Árbol perenne, de hasta 50 m de altura, con tronco recto, cilíndrico, a veces muy grueso (3 o más metros). La ramificación comienza a varios metros del suelo. Sus hojas son de extrema dureza y están provistas de un mucrón (espina) en la punta, de color verde oscuro. Las hojas son de 3 a 4 cm de largo y están dispuestas de manera imbricada sobre la ramilla, donde permanecen durante varios años. Las semillas, llamadas piñones, son comestibles y tienen alto valor nutricional. Es árbol ornamental y especie protegida en Chile. Su hábitat son zonas entre 800 y 1000 msnm en la cordillera de Nahuelbuta, región de la Araucanía, y faldeos cordilleranos de los Andes en Chile y Argentina.

Synonyms

pehuénpino araucariapiñoneropino chilenopino de brazos

This word in other languages

Araukarie(Deutsch)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "araucaria"?
"araucaria" is spelled A-R-A-U-C-A-R-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾawˈkaɾja].
What does "araucaria" mean?
As a noun, "araucaria" means: Cualquiera de los árboles pertenecientes al género de coníferas Araucaria de la familia Araucariaceae.
How do you pronounce "araucaria"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "araucaria" is [aɾawˈkaɾja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "araucaria" come from?
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Using “araucaria”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct Spanish spelling is A-R-A-U-C-A-R-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [aɾawˈkaɾja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list