barracuda
[baraˈkuð̞a]
The verdict
“barracuda” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,182 among 2,459 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,182
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 2,459
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pez fusiforme, (Sphyraena spp.) son un género de peces carnívoro de aguas profundas, el único en la familia de los esfiraénidos, que atacan a sus presas con gran rapidez.
Corpus desk
Index ES-barracuda · barracuda · Spanish
barracuda · rank #75,182 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,182
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,459
- PHOTO-FINISH baro
Nearest frequency peer: baro (-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 “barracuda”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- bandoneón
bandoneón
24,823 corpus weight
- baro
baro
24,820 corpus weight
- barracuda
barracuda
24,819 corpus weight
- barradas
barradas
24,818 corpus weight
- benefit
benefit
24,816 corpus weight
- Berenguela
Berenguela
24,815 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “barracuda” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | barracuda |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [baraˈkuð̞a] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,182 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “barracuda” en español
Rare enough to double-check
barracuda is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,182 among 2,459 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [baraˈkuð̞a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pez fusiforme, (Sphyraena spp.) son un género de peces carnívoro de aguas profundas, el único en la familia de los esfiraénidos, que atacan a sus presas con gran rapidez.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for barracuda, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 barracuda, spelled B-A-R-R-A-C-U-D-A.
Definition
- 1Pez fusiforme, (Sphyraena spp.) son un género de peces carnívoro de aguas profundas, el único en la familia de los esfiraénidos, que atacan a sus presas con gran rapidez.
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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