baqueta

/[baˈket̪a]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#81,723

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

baqueta is aSpanishnoun. It means: Vara delgada de hierro o de madera, con un casquillo de cuerno o metal, que sirve para atacar las armas de fuego. Pronounced [baˈket̪a].

Key facts for baqueta
PropertyValue
Headwordbaqueta
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[baˈket̪a]
Letters7
Frequency rank#81,723
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of baqueta in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for baqueta is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [baˈket̪a]. Corpus data places it at rank #81,723 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for baqueta in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is baqueta, spelled B-A-Q-U-E-T-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vara delgada de hierro o de madera, con un casquillo de cuerno o metal, que sirve para atacar las armas de fuego.
  2. 2
    Varilla seca de membrillo o de otro árbol, que usan los picadores para el manejo de los caballos.
  3. 3
    Palillos con que se toca el tambor.
  4. 4
    Castigo que se daba en la milicia precisando al delincuente, desnudo de medio cuerpo arriba, a correr una o muchas veces por medio de la calle que formaban los soldados, los cuales, al pasar el reo, le daban en la espalda con las correas, baquetas, varas o portafusiles.

Synonyms

Frequency rank: #81,723 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "baqueta"?
"baqueta" is spelled B-A-Q-U-E-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [baˈket̪a].
What does "baqueta" mean?
As a noun, "baqueta" means: Vara delgada de hierro o de madera, con un casquillo de cuerno o metal, que sirve para atacar las armas de fuego.
How do you pronounce "baqueta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "baqueta" is [baˈket̪a]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "baqueta" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.