bejuco
[beˈxuko]
The verdict
“bejuco” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #91,636 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,636
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Planta trepadora, retorcida y nudosa, no siempre leñosa, propia de la jungla y que trepan a los árboles en busca de sol.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | bejuco |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beˈxuko] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #91,636 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “bejuco” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
bejuco is uncommon Spanish at frequency #91,636 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈxuko]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Planta trepadora, retorcida y nudosa, no siempre leñosa, propia de la jungla y que trepan a los árboles en busca de sol.".
Zero misspellings are on record for bejuco in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is bejuco, spelled B-E-J-U-C-O.
Definition
- 1Planta trepadora, retorcida y nudosa, no siempre leñosa, propia de la jungla y que trepan a los árboles en busca de sol.
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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 “bejuco”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-J-U-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beˈxuko] (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.