ascua
[ˈaskwa]
The verdict
“ascua” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #99,214 among 7,704 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,214
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7,704
- “A” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pedazo de cualquier materia sólida y combustible que está incandescente y brilla, pero sin despedir llamas (de fuego).
Corpus desk
Index ES-ascua · ascua · Spanish
ascua · rank #99,214 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,214
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 7,704
- PHOTO-FINISH ascetas
Nearest frequency peer: ascetas (-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 “ascua”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- aritméticos
aritméticos
794 corpus weight
- arropada
arropada
792 corpus weight
- asaltadas
asaltadas
789 corpus weight
- ascetas
ascetas
788 corpus weight
- ascua
ascua
787 corpus weight
- aspect
aspect
779 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “ascua” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ascua |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈaskwa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #99,214 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “ascua” en español
Rare enough to double-check
ascua is uncommon Spanish at frequency #99,214 among 7,704 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈaskwa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pedazo de cualquier materia sólida y combustible que está incandescente y brilla, pero sin despedir llamas (de fuego).".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for ascua, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is ascua, spelled A-S-C-U-A.
Definition
- 1Pedazo de cualquier materia sólida y combustible que está incandescente y brilla, pero sin despedir llamas (de fuego).
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ascua appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Esa noche preparé tres huevos de tortuga para cenar cocinándolos en las ascuas y me los comí prácticamente en la cáscara.
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.
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