argucia

[aɾˈɣ̞usja]

/[aɾˈɣ̞usja]/ noun

The verdict

“argucia” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,980 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,980
frequency rank, Spanish
7,704
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Argumento presentado con ingenio, que parece verosímil pero que en realidad es engañoso.

Corpus desk

Index ES-argucia · argucia · Spanish

argucia · rank #95,980 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,980
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 7,704
  • PHOTO-FINISH arboladas

Nearest frequency peer: arboladas (-2 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 “argucia”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “argucia” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for argucia
PropertyValue
Headwordargucia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[aɾˈɣ̞usja]
Letters7
Frequency rank#95,980
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “argucia” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.arguciacae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

El eje es logarítmico: cada tick marca unas diez veces menos frecuencia. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “arboladas” (#95,978), “Arina” (#95,982), “arbitrios” (#95,977). Entre 7,704 lemas con “A”, “argucia” va en #95,980. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

argucia is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,980 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [aɾˈɣ̞usja]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Argumento presentado con ingenio, que parece verosímil pero que en realidad es engañoso.".

argucia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is argucia, spelled A-R-G-U-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Argumento presentado con ingenio, que parece verosímil pero que en realidad es engañoso.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how argucia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. «Pero yo me pregunto: ¿Pueden creer de verdad los inventores de estos ingenios que tamaña argucia puede sustituir a la caza en un próximo futuro?».

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 "argucia"?
"argucia" is spelled A-R-G-U-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [aɾˈɣ̞usja].
What does "argucia" mean?
As a noun, "argucia" means: Argumento presentado con ingenio, que parece verosímil pero que en realidad es engañoso.
How do you pronounce "argucia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "argucia" is [aɾˈɣ̞usja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "argucia" come from?
"argucia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "argucia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list