besugo
[beˈsuɣ̞o]
The verdict
“besugo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #92,728 among 24,339 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,728
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 24,339
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárid...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | besugo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [beˈsuɣ̞o] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “besugo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
besugo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #92,728 among 24,339 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [beˈsuɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárid...".
besugo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is besugo, spelled B-E-S-U-G-O.
Definition
- 1(Pagellus bogaraveo) Especie de pez perciforme de la familia de los espáridos, común en el litoral atlántico europeo y en la zona occidental del mar Mediterráneo. Tiene un aspecto típico de espárido, forma ovalada, con cuerpo alto y muy comprimido lateralmente. Cabeza corta y redondeada, boca pequeña y ojos muy grandes. El dorso es rojizo pardusco y los costados, plateados. Se distingue de los demás espáridos por una mancha difusa negra situada en el nacimiento de la línea lateral que lo cruza, encima de la base de la aleta pectoral.
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 “besugo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is B-E-S-U-G-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [beˈsuɣ̞o] (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.