bauxita
[bawkˈsit̪a]
The verdict
“bauxita” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #53,369 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,369
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Roca blanda compuesta principalmente por óxido hidratado de aluminio, de la que se obtiene aluminio, por ser este elemento químico su componente mayoritario.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bauxita |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [bawkˈsit̪a] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,369 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bauxita” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bauxita is uncommon Spanish at frequency #53,369 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [bawkˈsit̪a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Roca blanda compuesta principalmente por óxido hidratado de aluminio, de la que se obtiene aluminio, por ser este elemento químico su componente mayoritario.".
bauxita has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 bauxita, spelled B-A-U-X-I-T-A.
Definition
- 1Roca blanda compuesta principalmente por óxido hidratado de aluminio, de la que se obtiene aluminio, por ser este elemento químico su componente mayoritario.
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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Using “bauxita”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-A-U-X-I-T-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [bawkˈsit̪a] (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.